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Open source data integration tools good choice for 'standard' ETL jobs
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| When Balfour Beatty Construction needed data integration software to connect
| its ERP and project management systems, the company considered many of the
| usual commercial data integration vendors.
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| But, thanks to advice from colleagues at General Growth, decision makers at
| the Dallas-based construction firm also included open source data integration
| vendor Jitterbit in its evaluations.
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http://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid91_gci1353613,00.html
Benefits of Using Open Source: Potential Versus Realizable
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| Some definitions of open source explicitly require that open source software
| be freely available without any limitation or cost (free beer). However,
| others aren't as concerned about the "free beer" aspect as they are about
| the "free speech" aspect of open source. Although most products that are
| advertised as open source do seem to be available for no cost, this should
| not be assumed without careful reading of the product's license.
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http://www.javaworld.com/community/?q=node/2776
Recent:
IT budget crisis? Invest in free tools
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| And he is not alone. John Turner, director of networks and systems at
| Brandeis University, turned to freely available open source tools in lieu of
| a commercial monitoring software product, and fortunately for him, one vendor
| offered both.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/040209-it-free-tools.html
NY Bill Proposes Tax Credit for Open Source Developers
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| Assemblymen Jonathan Bing and Micah Kellner, along with a number of
| co-sponsors, have introduced proposed legislation in New York State which
| would grant a tax credit to individuals acting as volunteers who develop open
| source programs. The idea of the credit is to ensure that volunteer
| developers, who could not otherwise deduct their expenses because they are
| not part of a 'business,' should nevertheless be able to receive a tax
| benefit for their contribution.
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http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/05/1927226
New York Moves - Slowly - To Reward Open Source
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| The move is certainly a step in the right direction — and one that no doubt
| will be eagerly supported by Open Source New Yorkers — and we applaud
| Assemblymen Bing & Kellner, and their "multi-sponsor" colleagues, for their
| efforts to support Open Source development — and Open Source developers.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/new-york-moves-slowly-reward-open-source
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