@article {128,
	title = {The OpenTTT Approach},
	journal = {Open Source Business Resource},
	year = {2008},
	month = {03/2008},
	publisher = {Talent First Network},
	type = {Articles},
	address = {Ottawa},
	abstract = {There is no shortage of data and results that demonstrate that open source software, when adopted with appropriate best practices, can significantly lower costs and provide quality IT (information technology) solutions, especially for small and medium enterprises. For example, the Consortium for Open Source Software in Public Administration project demonstrated that by using best practices for OSS procurement, not only was software acquisition cheaper, but the evaluation of tangible and intangible costs over 5 years demonstrated a cost reduction ranging from 20\% to 60\%. The EU study on the impact of OSS indicates that OSS can reduce software research and development costs by 36\%, while the INES project found that companies adopting OSS increased profits and reduced time to market and development costs in 80\% of the trials.

If OSS is so advantageous, why is so little use of it perceived in the marketplace, especially among SMEs? We present the preliminary results of an European project called OpenTTT to improve the adoption rate and study the effectiveness of best practices in OSS adoption within small and medium enterprises.},
	issn = {1913-6102},
	url = {http://timreview.ca/article/128},
	author = {Carlo Daffara}
}
