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Perens: IT pros must lobby for open-source
IT pros, do you want open-source software (OSS) developer Bruce Perens to lose his house and car? If not, then speak up! Perens believes that IT managers have the clout to make their vendors help protect open-source software and its developers. As an open-source pioneer, Perens wrote the opening salvo in the OSS movement: "The Open Source Definition." He has created and worked on many open-source advocacy teams, including Open Source Initiative, the Linux Standard Base, Software in the Public Interest Inc., and No-Code International. He persuaded Prentice Hall PTR publishers to put out a series of books about open-source technologies, and he serves as series editor. Now it's time for corporate IT managers to put on their evangelical robes, Perens said. In a one-on-one interview with SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, he explained why it's the right time and high time for IT pros to become lobbyists.
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