SAS: Open source software comes with hidden costs and problems

Open source technologies are great for organizations, but they're far from perfect. As a matter of fact, many of the open source technologies in use today come with hidden costs and problems. This is according to a new report by SAS, which was created on a poll of 300 executives across the UK and Ireland. These costs and problems mostly revolve around training staff, as well as recruiting, or replacing employees with essential data science skills. That's why it's ideal -- at least according to SAS -- to keep the ratio between open source and proprietary technology 40 to 60… [Continue Reading]