IDC PeerScape: Practices for Supporting Community Open Source Software
This IDC PeerScape presents five practices for organizations determining when, where, and how to use community-supported open source software alongside commercially supported open source software. "The attraction of increasingly reliable and secure community-supported open source software, with its zero cost of acquisition, continues to grow in the industry. Few organizations that use open source software today can claim to use no community-supported technology," said Al Gillen, group vice president, Software Development and Open Source, IDC. "However, to fully leverage the opportunity presented by community-supported open source software requires organizations to also know when the right move is to contract with a commercial support provider to support key components of their stack."
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- Practice 1: Build a Plan to Ensure Long-Term Success with YourOSS Investments
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- Practice 2: Align Risk Tolerance with the Public Exposure or Exposed Surface Area of a Given OSS Technology
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- Practice 3: Establish Clear Guidelines and Repeatable Processes Along with Tooling to Enforce Best Practices
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- Practice 4: Use Commercial Support for OSS Solutions Where the Lack of Internal Skills Might Lead to a Compromise
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- Practice 5: Celebrate the Successes of Employees' Use of Best Practices for Contributing to and Leveraging OSS
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