01362nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245008000055210006900135260004200204520093800246100002001184856003601204       2008                        eng d  a1913-610200aMaking Open Source Ready for the Enterprise: The Open Source Maturity Model0 aMaking Open Source Ready for the Enterprise The Open Source Matu  aOttawabTalent First Networkc05/20083 aOne of the questions always asked about open source is whether it's ready for the enterprise. But framing the question in that fashion blurs the issue. With over 100,000 open source products available for download at the click of a mouse, there is no blanket answer comprehensive enough to describe the entire universe of open source products. The real question facing an enterprise is whether, based upon its unique requirements, a specific open source product will satisfy its needs. Far from being a vaguely existential question, this question is extremely pragmatic, completely localized, and, as we shall see, wholly capable of being answered.

This article, extracted from chapter four of "Succeeding with Open Source" presents the Open Source Maturity Model (OSMM). The OSMM is designed to enable organizations to evaluate open source products and understand whether a product can fulfill the organization's requirements.
 1 aGolden, Bernard  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/145