10. 10 Interne Orange
ü Risk mitigation
ü More simple and effective support contracts
ü The customisation dilemma
ü Modularisation of software
ü Cost
ü From « Should I ?» => « Why shouldn’t I? »
ü From consumer => contributor /actor (mastery of code if not your risk increases, + get help and
influence roadmap)
ü Good open software selection :
ü clear identified « moral brains » that are part of the company you’re contracting with for company
supported open source
ü Massive developper adoption
ü Make it the default choice
Why is open source software important for a CIO and what are critical
success factors?