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Published on: November 14, 2007
Type of content: WHITE PAPER
Format: Unknown
Length: 8 pages
Price: FREE

Overview:

While "vendor relationship management" models for traditional, non-open source software providers are well understood and tested, far less so are the techniques for successfully managing relationships with open source communities and vendors.

This paper discusses several key differences between closed and open source software vendor management, providing advice for managing your deployments and investments in open source technologies.