{"id":686,"date":"2012-03-29T09:45:07","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T13:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hibbets.net\/blog\/?p=686"},"modified":"2012-03-29T10:04:38","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T14:04:38","slug":"top-10-signs-that-you-company-should-have-gone-with-open-source-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hibbets.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/29\/top-10-signs-that-you-company-should-have-gone-with-open-source-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 signs that your company should have gone with open source software"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_688\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hibbets.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/29\/top-10-signs-that-you-company-should-have-gone-with-open-source-software\/attachment\/00019\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-688\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-688\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-688\" title=\"Scott McNealy\" src=\"http:\/\/hibbets.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/00019-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hibbets.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/00019-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hibbets.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/00019-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott McNealy at POSSCON<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At <a title=\"POSSCON 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/www.posscon.org\" target=\"_blank\">POSSCON 2012<\/a> in Columbia, South Carolina, <a title=\"Scott McNealy\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/ScottMcNealy\" target=\"_blank\">Scott McNealy<\/a> was the keynote speaker on day 2. 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