Egressive is firmly committed to the idea that collaboration produces superior results to competition in the computing and software marketplace - plus it's more fun. To collaborate, however, people need to be able to work together - achieved by adhering to open standards - and want to work together - the ethos of the open source community. If businesses produce goods that adhere to common standards, the marketplace benefits because they can value those products on their inherent quality - are they safe, cost effective, fit for purpose, etc., rather than whether or not they work with any existing infrastructure.

Advocacy Services

If you have questions on open source - perhaps you're considering making one of your company's software products open source, or have questions on open standards and how they apply to computing, or believe you are putting your company at risk by using open source software or adhering to open standards - please contact us and we'll be happy to provide consultation services to

• explain the implications of using or incorporating open source software into your business processes,
• explain various considerations and the implications of making a product open source,
• discuss some of the licensing options available, and their conceptual differences,
• discuss the implications of incorporating open source technologies in your software products,
• discuss what's involved in ensuring your applications conform to relevant open standards, such as the W3C standards for web content to which this site conforms.

We have been living and breathing open source and open standards for more than 10 years and are confident we can help you understand how they work.