Intrinsic durability
8 / 33
Industrial solutions
6 / 15
Strategy
0 / 9
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Sheet: Possible label: Silver
Stats: Mandatory 9 / 9,  Recommended 0 / 17,  Free 4 / 48


Assenssment: Possible label: None
Stats: Durability: 8 / 33, Industrial: 6 / 15, Strategy: 0 / 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 Few references, non critical usages
Contributing community Existing community with a notable activity
Books No book about the software
Developers identification and turnover
Activity on bugs
Activity on releases Very weak activity on both production and development releases
Independence of developments Developments realized at 100% by employees of a single company

Industrial solutions
Training Offer exists but is restricted geographically and to one language or is provided by a single contractor
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
Sponsorship
Strategic independence