By Robert Lemos
ERP has been a kind of final frontier for open source software. But now more IT leaders at midsize and smaller businesses are saying yes to open source software for ERP systems that pump the very heart of the business. ERP has been a kind of final frontier for open source software. But now more IT leaders at midsize and smaller businesses are saying yes to open source software for ERP systems that pump the very heart of the business.
"The fear factor around open-source software has really dissipated," Lilly says. "When we started the company in 2001, at that point, you were still educating people about what open source really means."