Sex, Rock and Roll, and Open Source Reporting Frameworks

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I agree with your assessment

I used to support HP OpenView sales (OK, it's debatable if OpenView can be used for BI but it was an excellent IT management environment that could be adapted for manufacturing or some forms of business reporting), and we used to talk about the SDK and how the user could write their own OpenView apps and such to support custom devices or applications, but no customer I was involved with ever wrote anything themselves. In a few cases they used HP Professional Services to develop ($!) some custom integrations, but those resources where rare and dear, and the ongoing support from HP made the original investment seem minor.
The beauty of Open Source management tools is that if you need a plug-in for your Widget-Master 3000 it can be as simple as posting a request on the appropriate website and chances are someone can write that code and support it for relatively very little. The pool of people with the right skill sets is massive since the developer does not need to be an expert in your business and can find the reference materials online. On the other hand, the danger is that the developer might not have the right skill sets, so buyer beware still applies, but chances are you can find someone if you apply normal screening techniques and some common sense.

Posted by: 914four   Posted on: 11/21/08  (Edited: 11/21/2008 @ 02:57) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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