Talking with Management About Open Source - Making the Business Case

Explore a comprehensive 39-minute conference talk by Rich Bowen from AWS, presented at a Linux Foundation event, on effectively communicating the importance of open source to management. Learn strategies for making persuasive arguments about open source's value, addressing common misconceptions, and focusing on business-relevant aspects. Discover how to articulate the benefits of consuming, contributing to, and open-sourcing company code, while avoiding philosophical debates. Gain insights on discussing sustainable open source, supply chain considerations, and the dangers of single-vendor or single-maintainer dependencies. Understand how to frame open source involvement in terms of trust, influence, customer value, and continuing education rather than personal merit or resume building.

Intro
Talking To Management About Open Source
Why do you do open source?
Disclaimer 2
What's in it for the company?
Philosophy
Supply chain
Don't be afraid to tell scary stories
What is sustainable open source?
Dangers of single-vendor
Dangers of single-maintaner
Earning merit and reputation
Instead: trust and influence
And talk about adoption
Resume building
Instead talk about continuing education
Instead talk about customer value
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