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Going open source: A manager's guide to doing it right
From:Joe Klemmer
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:44:48 -0400

Going open source: A manager's guide to doing it right
Wednesday August 18, 2004 (12:00 PM GMT)
By: Mark Stone

Your company has a useful piece of technology, but no plans to make a
software product out of it. Your engineers all think it's cool and think
others outside the company will, too. They've badgered you enough that
you're thinking seriously about releasing the code under an open source
license. What should you expect, and what should you do to make such a
move a success?

http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/08/18/0715259