Pentaho Open-Source BI Release Is Meant for Customers - it is not for everybody!

After 11 months in development with the latest iteration of its software, open-source business intelligence software company Pentaho announced the 1.6 version of its namesake Open BI Suite. While a point release, the upgraded version is really the company's entrée into corporate accounts, according to analysts. I have exposure to open source from both commerical as well as academic perspective and have mixed feelings about the whole thing. People assume that open source is free, but it is completely the opposite. You will have to have a staff that understands open source and how to deal with it and in most cases, you do not have anybody to call if something goes wrong.

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