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Seven Predictions for Open Source in 2009
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| 1. Adoption of open source software will increase as the economy worsens. As
| the 2008 recession extends into 2009, it will change the software landscape
| as the economic "shock" forces businesses to make structural changes to their
| IT strategies to drive down costs. Open source software eliminates up-front
| licensing costs and drives down the total costs of new projects. It also
| introduces competition that will be used by customers to improve their
| negotiating position with the oligopoly of proprietary software vendors that
| dominate the market. Open source companies will see stronger year-over-year
| revenue growth than the proprietary software sector. Growth rates for
| propriety vendors will take a hit despite moves by traditional companies like
| Oracle to actually raise prices during the economic downturn. Oracle's 45
| percent increase on its BEA-acquired WebLogic application server, for
| instance, is causing customer migration to JBoss' open source enterprise
| application server.
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http://linux.sys-con.com/node/797241
The difference a year makes
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| In 2006/2007, most open source proponents argued that open source was the
| only way forward for the software market. Vendors were advised to adopt the
| open source business model completely or risk oblivion. Suggesting that there
| was room for both business models within a software vendor's tool bag was an
| unpopular stance, sometimes to parties on both sides of the discussion.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2009/01/the_difference.html
Recent:
2008 to be year of non-desktop Linux
http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/03/2008-to-be-year-of-non-desktop-linux/
2008: Not the year of the Linux desktop
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15951/1148/
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