Coopetition
Cooperate with the Competition? ARE YOU NUTS?
Consider the example of public water
Who competes on the basis of having drilled the best well?
Everyone benefits -- it lets you get on with business
Open Source is the public utility for computing infrastructure
Lets you get on with competition on a business level
Better than the COTS alternative
Low levels of Control
Higher levels of Cost
Particularly in the Cost of Lost Opportunities
Why flush your toilets with Perrier?
Cassatt Corporation - 1740 Technology Drive - San Jose, CA 95110
E-mail : Russell.Pavlicek@Cassatt.com - Telephone : 301.829.5327
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Cassatt Corporation - 1740 Technology Drive - San Jose, CA 95110
Consider the example of public water
Who competes on the basis of having drilled the best well?
Particularly in the Cost of Lost Opportunities