Open Source - Is It Safe To Go Back Into the Water?

SHARE has sponsored and participated in open source software for quite a while, with SHARE Software Library and later the CBT tapes, which are still maintained by SHARE volunteers.

With a string of legal decisions favorable to open source having been handed down recently, and IBM's fairly strong backing, open source has become an increasingly viable option for Enterprise deployment, even in a System z environment.

Join our speaker and learn why you should be looking hard at open source options, from patent and copyright issues to the availability of support to calculating the real Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Tracks: Applications Programming, Architecture, Enterprise Data Center Management, IT & the Bottom Line, IT Management, Linux Systems Management, z/OS Systems Programming and z/VM Systems Programming