Software development industry analysis by Larry O'Brien, the former editor of Software Development and Computer Language
Tuesday, April 12, 2005

NTeam is a GotDotNet project that aims to integrate, for small- to medium-teals, Open Source alternatives to the features of Microsoft's VSTS. In an EWeek article discussing it, Eric Sink of SourceGear, says that “It is inconceivable that a community project could produce a Team System clone, which is truly suitable for enterprise use during this decade."

Highly unlikely, yes. Inconceivable, not at all. The myth that Open Source cannot produce enterprise-quality software has been totally discredited by several projects. The only question is whether a corporate sponsor willing to pay a handful of major contributors is necessary. I tend to think such sponsorship is necessary. Anyone at Borland or JetBrains paying attention?

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:10:47 AM (Hawaiian Standard Time, UTC-10:00) |  Disqus link  | #
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