Although an open source project has many stakeholders, The New Stack usually evaluates a project from the point of the view of 1) a developer; 2) a community manager; or 3) a corporation. Below is a brief framework for how a corporation can assess its involvement with different OSS projects and foundations.
The New Stack believes that to be competitive, technology providers will need to continuously improve price/performance and meet customer demands. If those two overarching issues are addressed, then business leaders still have to evaluate both open and closed source technologies based on factors such as risk and profitability.
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