I know where you're coming from with that comment but I don't necessarily agree. Each year, information systems become a bigger and bigger differentiator on th

I know where you're coming from with that comment but I don't necessarily agree. Each year, information systems become a bigger and bigger differentiator on the business side and should be a business focus. Maybe when you said "IT projects" you meant projects where IT is the customer, and if so I still don't agree. These tend to be "luxury" projects for a lot of companies and, as such, the developers tend to have a lot more decision making authority than on business projects. Letting them open source their code or contribute to existing OSS projects is a huge motivator (especially if the OSSed project gets popular and the company starts reaping the benefits of additional contributors).