How to involve enterprise IT in open source
It may be true that to give is better than to receive, but the opposite principle seems to operate in open source, and it may have serious, negative consequences for the long-term health of the open-source ecosystem.
While it used to be fashionable to criticize Google and the Web companies for skimming the cream off open-source communities, Google has become a model open-source citizen, actively and aggressively hosting and contributing to open-source projects. Today the biggest beneficiary of open source, and the one that gives commensurately little back, is enterprise IT.
How to involve enterprise IT in open source | The Open Road – CNET News
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