Re: [tlug] Enterprises and Open Source

[Al Hoang <hoanga@example.com>]

On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 06:55:21PM +0900, Mauro D. Sauco wrote:
> Can someone point me to an essay that explains how Enterprises can
> benefit from contributing to the Open Source? I am not looking after a
> doc that explain how software development departments get benefited but
> how *Enterprises* can gain from this approach.
> 
> I tried to google a bit but found no good paper that I can use. 

    I'd like to hear about these too even though I have no plans
for changing company philosophies but these presentations might give
you a starting point:
http://www.galois.com/cufp/


    They're mostly on functional programming in the 'real world' however
in some of the slides there are some hints that are dropped regarding
adopting Open Source tools have helped change the whole company's
workflow:
http://www.galois.com/cufp/slides/2006/YaronMinsky.pdf

    Perhaps some of the authors might cough up a paper if you nudge
them.  :-)


Alain