When I put in to a search engine "open source insurance", I get a page full of one or two companies who seem hell bent on undermining the whole open source.
It appears that they want to charge companies for vetting their OS use by explaining what the various licences they carry mean to them.
OK so why not explain what the licences mean, without charging, at least point them to the place to look. See our article on "What is Open-Source".
I have tried with several of these organisations on how we can prove that we have vetted ourselves and whether there is an easier to understand labelling system. The only response I've got is that they don't give out free advice.
I'm a little disappointed that so many people want to cash in on other's altruism. Many of these companies are simple scaremongering to make an easy buck.
Open Source is Entering the Enterprise Mainstream, Survey Shows
The statistics from a CIO.com survey make it clear: Open-source solutions are becoming more commonplace in corporate IT, if not precisely mundane. The study also identifies where the friction is in business open-source adoption, and which application types are most popular.
In the first part of a 2 part article in EbizQ this month, Dennis Byron opens up the discussion on industry specific Open Source Solutions. The insurance industry gets a specific mention; as does OpenQuote which is listed in our directory. The article is available here. You do have to join their "gold club", but its free of charge.
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