Är OSSg2 ett lämpligt steg mot Open Source på verksamhetskritiska IT-system?

Abstract

Sun Microsystems chose its own Open Source path by not following competitors in their commitment to GNU/Linux. Sun instead created its own Open Source project from the source of Solaris under the name of OpenSolaris. The business model of OpenSolaris belongs to the new and more commercially viable Open Source, referred to as OSSg2. This survey was based on articles on the adoption of Open Source in organizations and István Orci’s publication Kritiska IT-System. The purpose of this survey was to examine the potential risks and possibilities in the adaption of OSSg2 on business critical systems. The empirical data in the survey was collected through interviews and a case study, focused on the communicative and coordinative platform of Västra Götalandsregionen. The survey showed that Orci’s definition of a critical system doesn’t fully correlate with the real world views of today, and that OSSg2 companies might have trouble nurturing a symbiotic relationship with its communities.