Open-Source Fans Often Miss Business Basics

I love this op ed piece. Could not have said it better myself:

If open source really wants to gets out of the back room and into the office, open-source supporters need to support open-source projects for the long run. That's really what businesses want: programs that not only work well, but will still be fully supported five years down the road.

The IT ecosystem needs to make money on open source for the process to be worth the efforts of enterprise practitioners. Support costs money. Pay them now or pay them later, but be prepared to pay for the value of support.

Peter S. Kastner