Sun Execs Simon Phipps and Bob Worrall Examine the Issue
Simon Phipps and Bob Worrall, two Sun stalwarts who know as much or more than anyone else about the value of open source solutions, share their views of the state of open source in Worrall’s Sun Inner Circle column, “Open Source: Where We’ve Been and Where It’s Headed.” The column is addressed to the corporate CIOs among its readers.
Untie the Procurement Hands of Government
Simon Phipps has some suggestions — five to be exact — for promoting more side scale adoption of open source software, which he lists in his blog “Five Ideas to Get FOSS into Governments”. He originally made the comments in his keynote address in Oslo at GoOpen 2009.
WSJ Interview with Simon Phipps: March 17, 2009
Unexpectedly the pioneers of Open Source, North America and Europe are lagging behind while Emerging Markets, such as Brazil and South Africa take the lead in the utilization of Open Source technology, thus saving them a great deal of money. However, the Obama Administration is moving toward Open Source and Sun Microsystems is supportive.
