Tomorrow's forecast: blue skies and open source
With increasing attention on the possibilities of open source, CIOs have many questions regarding its capabilities, viability and cost to the organisation. Twelve CIO executive council members recently came together via a conference call to discuss the role of open source in their organisations, focusing on topics such as this "free" software's total cost of ownership (TCO); making a business case to senior executives; the relationship with the open-source community, which shares code and answers support questions; and what types of projects are best suited for open source.
Brian Shield, moderator of the conference call, shared insights gleaned from his experience at The Weather Channel. When he arrived there in autumn 1998 as executive vice president and CIO, Shield found a progressive company looking to create technology products that could support the long-term vision of the programming and advertising organisations. Fortunately, support for a move to open source already existed at the highest levels of the company, as Frank Batten Jr., then CEO of Landmark (The Weather Channel's parent company), was an angel investor of open-source company Red Hat. Below, Shield outlines why The Weather Channel made the move to open source.
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