When the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA) launched in February, there was a lot
of interest. But some of that interest has been industry head-scratching,
wondering about the results and the intentions of the OSA
(www.opensolutionsalliance.org). Noted open source business blogger Matt Asay
was among the skeptics in his post "Yet Another Alliance (OSA)". He asks
three pertinent questions, mostly about the OSA's purpose.
Is the alliance about getting people to buy into open source? Is the alliance
about getting quick marketing or paper partnerships for vendors? What does
this have do for customers? Matt's first observation is emphatically correct;
there's no denying that open source is booming. Open source business models
are changing and adapting and customers are flocking to... (more)