Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 27th Jun 2008 15:13 UTC
Sun UK's chief open-source officer, Simon Phipps, has a high-profile role to play as the company is seeking a complete its move to 100 percent open software development. When asked about the criticism over its commitment to open source, Simon re-iterate its commitment with a "Pig and a Chicken" story: "Both animals were asked by the farmer to bring something along for breakfast one morning to show their worth. The chicken turns up with an egg, while the pig turns up with a side of bacon. The farmer looks over the offerings and says: "Well, the chicken has contributed, but the pig is committed."
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6. The company tries to attract investor financing with spurious use of the terms "open source" and "leverage" and "community" and "initial public offering" in its business plan.
7. The company lays off all of its staff, files for bankrupty protection, shutters the headquarters due to lack of funding.
Assuming that they use open source as a panacea to fix all of the companies ills, when actual fact, the problem with the company is structural but the management are unwilling to acknowledge it.
The difference is with Sun, they're recognised they have to change, they've not only made open source a 'word' they've also committed to it in the form of restructuring their business model.
The problem is that so many businesses go open source as a last ditch effort, as the silver bullet that will apparently fix all the problems in their company whilst ignoring that open source, although a great idea, isn't going to fix everything.