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August 31, 2005
The Open Source choice - less may be more
As Open Source moves up the enterprise stack and we see more and more Open Source projects appear in the marketplace, it is becoming increasingly clear that there are several areas where it may be better to have less choice, rather than more.
IT purchasers in large corporations don't really like choice. In fact it makes them nervous. Because there is that chance that deciding to buy (or use) a particular vendor's product may - in the end - turn out to be wrong. This is the reason so much time is wasted in compiling feature comparison lists for products. Time that would be better invested in actually trying out the product to see if it fits the need and not just relying on a vendor to answer the questions in a particularly truthful fashion.
So, for Open Source to be successful in the corporate market we need to be looking at combining Open Source solutions that address similar problems (license issues need to be taken into consideration).
Enterprise integration is maybe the first area where this need is already being felt - as projects like Synapse, ServiceMix and Celtix seem set to cooperate more closely moving forward. This is a good thing - especially in the relatively young domain of ESB solutions. If the different projects are able to provide some form of unified offering then this will make the life of that IT purchaser just so much easier.
Posted by Matthew at August 31, 2005 10:19 PM
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Yea I thought the little movie was cute!! Anymore more comin gout?
Posted by: Jerry at September 4, 2005 08:58 PM