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03
2008
OSBC Report: Kaplan CTO declares “Open source is the software of choice in a connected world”
Posted by: admin in Business and Politics
(Credit: Matt Asay)I’ve known Jon Williams, chief technology officer of Kaplan Test, for a few years, and have always been impressed by his active involvement in the technology world. He blogs. He helps to run a New York CTO breakfast club. He keeps involved with various open-source communities. He’s an ideal CTO.
Given Jon’s background, one statement that he made in his opening remarks particularly impressed me:
I don’t use open source because it’s free….I use open source because it works.
Jon then offered up several key benefits derived from open source at Kaplan Test:
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