Thanks Drexx. :-) On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Drexx Laggui [personal] <dre...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 31Mar2011 (UTC +8) > > In the corporate environment, a lot of executives and business owners > are close-minded about open-source. They say that the Total Cost of > Ownership (TCO) is higher for open-source application than for > commercial proprietary software, it's hard to get technical support, > and that they'd waste too much time on vulnerability mailing lists. > > I argue that the same issues for both open-source and proprietary > software are the *same.* But to talk in their language, you'd have to > present open-source as part of the enterprise's investment portfolio, > and manage IT just as they would for other types of assets. Here's a > tool that I use to help organize my arguments for open-source: > > > http://www.isaca.org/Journal/Past-Issues/2008/Volume-3/Documents/jpdf0803-using-cobiT-4.1.pdf > > > > Drexx Laggui -- CISA, CISSP, CFE Associate, ISO27001 LA, CCSI, CSA > http://www.laggui.com ( Manila & California ) > Computer forensics; Penetration testing; QMS & ISMS developers; K-Transfer > PGP fingerprint = 0117 15C5 F3B1 6564 59EA 6013 1308 9A66 41A2 3F9B > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph -- Michael R. Janapin PBTS Baguio City, Philippines http://mulingsilang.wordpress.com http://www.pbts.net.ph
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