Forrester's 5 Stages of Open Source Adoption: CodePlex Foundation

The CodePlex Foundation's Paula Hunter moderated a panel discussion at the Open Source For Business Conference (OSBC) at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA on March 17, 2010. Panelists are Jeff Hammond, Principal Partner, Forrester, Sam Ramji, VP Sonoa and BoD CodePlex Foundation, Damien Eastwood, Former VP of Legal for Sun, and Tim Yeaton, President and CEO of Black Duck Software.

The business case for multi-source development, including the use of open source software, has never been clearer than it is today. Enterprise developers are building applications with open source whether the company's c-level executives know it or not. How can corporations get "on the grid" when it comes to open source at all levels of the enterprise: legal, executive, and IT? We know using open source makes sense. But how can corporations also contribute back? This video includes the Five Stages of Open Source Adoption as explained by Forrester's Jeff Hammond.

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• OSS
• open source
• software
• development
• corporate IT
• CodePlex Foundation
• OSBC
• Forrester
• Sam Ramji
• Jeff Hammond
• Damien Eastwood
• Tim Yeaton
• Black Duck Software
• Sun Microsystems
• Sonoa