Business Success with Open Source

Types of FOSS Acquisition

In the preceding example, the company chose to use the Plone CMS after evaluating a number of options. Finding Plone fit their needs best, they made an active choice as an organization to commit the resources necessary to install, operate, and maintain this piece of software. This is only one of the many ways that software can enter your SSC. Knowing the other ways will help you as you start investigating your own SSC and becoming familiar with its many links.

With proprietary software, its acquisition follows a fairly well-known process. Often a salesperson is involved, with the requisite negotiations, contracts, and purchase orders. This is the standard vendor relationship with which your company is already familiar. ...