Since 1998, Ron Goldman and Richard Gabriel has helped the groups at Sun Microsystems understand open source and advise them on how to build successful communities around open source projects. * Productivity Award 2006 Winner jolt to the General Books * Explain how the open source development work and offers a persuasive reason to use it to help achieve business goals. * Demonstrates how to use open source in their daily work, discussing the various licenses that are used, and explain what makes for a successful project. * Written in a style attractive to executives, managers, and engineers who address issues of human and businesses involved in the development of open source as well as history, philosophy, and future