There is some research hitting the news today that might be useful to mention in speeches about Certified Open
"Businesses need to radically shake up their attitudes about how they value information technology assets, according to new research released today."
"The Paris-based business school Insead, which carried out the study, said it found that far from understanding IT assets as a core business need, many firms instead wrote hardware and software development costs off as mere expense items."
"It said that 30 per cent of all respondents were clueless about how much cash was spent each year by their companies on software."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/06/insead_micro_focus_assets_study/