Talking with Management About Open Source - Making the Business Case

This talk explains what management needs to know about open source and how to make decisions about consuming it, contributing to it, and open sourcing company code. It covers business value, sustainability, supply chain concerns, and ways to frame the discussion for management.

Syllabus

Intro
Talking To Management About Open Source
Why do you do open source?
Disclaimer 2
What's in it for the company?
Philosophy
Supply chain
Don't be afraid to tell scary stories
What is sustainable open source?
Dangers of single-vendor
Dangers of single-maintaner
Earning merit and reputation
Instead: trust and influence
And talk about adoption
Resume building
Instead talk about continuing education
Instead talk about customer value
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