[NTLUG:Discuss] Surprising Gartner Group article

[greenglow484@juno.com]

Probably this is old news to at least some people; I just discovered it
last night.

Gartner Group, the pro-Micro$oft apologists, published a piece on OSS
which is mildly favorable, as opposed to their usual anti-Linux stance. 
When I saw it, I was pretty surprised.  Their title is: "Debunking
Open-Source Myths: Development and Support". 

It's at (or, at least it was there last night):
http://gartner3.gartnerweb.com/public/static/hotc/hc00088469.html

Their conclusion, in part:
"Bottom Line:...the availability of the source code and the requirement
to share modifications promote longer-term viability...and discourage
Balkanization. We recommend that IS organizations that currently exclude
all OSS from their acquisition plans should reexamine this policy."
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