Big management software gets poor grades in Gartner survey
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| Management software heavyweights BMC, CA, HP and IBM are barely
| making the grade with their customers, earning C and D averages
| and driving IT buyers to look elsewhere for their operations
| management needs, according to a recent Gartner poll.
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http://www.techworld.com/networking/features/index.cfm?featureid=3356&pagtype=all
This smashes that myth that big vendors lead to happiness and open source
leads to headaches, e.g.:
CIOs struggle with open source governance
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| Another major objective was to look at both the procurement and legal
| issues of acquiring open source technology because, in effect, the
| department wasn't procuring anything. "We were just getting free
| software off the Internet, and that raises some concerns," he said.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/05/08/223676/cios-struggle-with-open-source-governance.htm
These misconceptions need to be refuted.
Related:
Governments slammed for anti-competitive software tendering practices
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| A leading Australian open source advocate has called for an end for to
| tender lock-outs of competitors to Microsoft, claiming the practice
| is costing Australian taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each
| year.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/11496/53/
Japanese Government to Embrace Linux
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| Oracle Japan is said to be leading the effort, which could launch
| as early as next month.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070503/34429_id.html?.v=1
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