[school-discuss] Open Source development process

[Tom Adelstein <adelste@netscape.net>]

I recently presented a seminar to developers and project managers of a 
large Virginia local government. I had the good luck to have Sam Hiser 
of OpenOffice.org working with me at the event and we discovered a 
number of misconceptions people had about Open Source development. The 
city in question has used proprietary development methods and wants to 
transition to Open Source.

We documented many of their misconcpetions in a paper published at 
Consulting Times yesterday. The article found its way to Slashdot and 
has made its round globally.

Several people have requested permission to republish the article and/or 
use it in presentations.

By this email, I am giving you the rights to reprint the article and use 
it in any manner you see fit.

The article is entitled:

How to Misunderstand Open Source Software Development

and you may find it at:


http://www.consultingtimes.com/ossdev.html

All the best,

Tom Adelstein