There is a good article in the inaugural issue of the Free Software Magazine entitled "Every Engineer's Checklist for Justifying Free Software."
[I]t seems that the only reason managers want free software is because it is free (as in free of costs). Thats not a good reason in itself: in the long run there are compelling reasons that robust, mission critical infrastructure software should be made free software.
My manager at my present employer wants justifications other than "the cost is free," so this checklist will come in handy.
—Michael A. Cleverly
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at 23:21