Boost advocacy - help needed

Question

Possible duplicates
Is there a reason to not use Boost?
What are the advantages of using the C++ BOOST libraries?

Answer 1

1. It's an open standard not controlled by a specific company ( no licensing costs )
2. It's cross platform
3. It's expertly designed / written and very fast / efficient extensively tested
4. There are open source implementations which your team can compile themselves.
5. Boost will soon become part of the standard C++ STL

Here is a slightly oldish 2005 article on Dr. Dobbs discussing the upcoming C++0x standard.

http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184401958