Open source moves into the mainstream
If your business hasn't yet dipped its toe into the open-source software waters, it's as behind the times as a company five years ago that was not yet on the internet.
So says Don Christie, the director of Wellington software company Catalyst IT and president of the New Zealand Open Source Society, which advances the open-source cause in this country.
"If people in technical roles didn't get the internet, you wondered what they were doing in their jobs. Open source is at that same place now. If people don't realise the value it can add to their business, then you might wonder what they're doing in their technical role. It's mainstream."
Christie says the war of words between proponents of open-source and proprietary software is over. Open source may not have wiped proprietary software - from the likes of Microsoft and Oracle - off the planet, but the two are co-existing quite happily.
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