Intrinsic durability
10 / 33
Industrial solutions
7 / 15
Strategy
4 / 9
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Sheet: Possible label: Silver
Stats: Mandatory 9 / 9,  Recommended 0 / 17,  Free 4 / 48


Assenssment: Possible label: Silver
Stats: Durability: 10 / 33, Industrial: 7 / 15, Strategy: 4 / 9

Intrinsic durability
Age More than 3 years
Stability Stabilized software. Releases provide mainly new functionalities, even if bug fixes are also provided
History, known problems No known major problem or crisis
Popularity (at its scale) Detectable use on Internet (sourceforge, freshmeat, google…)
References Often implemented for critical applications
Contributing community Existing community with a notable activity
Books No book about the software
Developers identification and turnover
Activity on bugs
Activity on releases Activity on production and development releases. Frequent minor releases (bug fixes)
Independence of developments Developments realized at 100% by employees of a single company

Industrial solutions
Training Rich offers provided by several contractors, in several languages and split into modules of gradual levels
Support Offer exists but is provided by a single contractor without strong commitment quality of services
Consulting Offer exists but is restricted geographically and to one language or is provided by a single contractor
Documentation Documentation always up to date, translated and possibly adapted to different target readers (end user, sysadmin, manager, ?)
Tools Standard tools provided (for instance by a hosting forge) but poorly used

Strategy
Roadmap No published roadmap
Sponsorship Software is sponsored by industry
Strategic independence Strong independence of the core team, legal entity holding rights, strong involvement in the standardization process