Open-source sounds great for small technology companies. What can be better than free software if you’re on a tight budget?

But David Boutcher and Bob Stankey of law firm Reed Smith have just published an insightful article in Computing Magazine highlighting some of the pitfalls; what they call “Open Source’s Dark Side“.

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Here’s a great piece from Bob Pasker, CTO-in-Residence at Azure Capital Partners, titled “A High-tech Entrepreneurs Guide to Surviving Technical Due Diligence“.

It’s a comprehensive set of advice for any company that finds itself the subject of a technical due diligence assessment (and good recommended reading for anyone about to undergo a Remarkable Innovation due diligence assessment!).

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Talking to engineers is an important part of a technical due diligence assessment.

Technology is paramount, but when we’re assessing a company for possible acquisition we always spend a lot of time looking at the technical personnel as well. Our assessors usually interview all the engineers and dig into experience, motivation, working styles, staff cover and so on.

Here’s a great example of one of things we’re looking for:

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