The article “The Unofficial How-To of Open Source” on the website of “Enterprise Open Source” is an interesting analysis on reasons for adopting an Open Source strategy and tips on running an Open Source Project.

Open source software is shifting the software industry into a new paradigm, moving from developing proprietary code behind closed doors to developing code that can be shared, modified and redistributed openly. Key benefits associated with this shift is reducing development cost and software components complexity, developing re-usable common-off-the-shelf software assets, while increasing flexibility and using common enablers. Organizations that embrace the open source model and follow it when it influences positively their ways of building software, will increase their chances to retain their competitive advantage.