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[Diego Saravia]

http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8445673704.html


The study, which analyzed IDC surveys from over 5,000 developers in
116 countries in the spring of 2006, found that developers worldwide
are increasing their use of open source. IDC found that open
source-software is being used by 71 percent of the developers in the
world and is in production at 54 percent of their organizations. In
addition, half of the global developers claim that the use of open
source is increasing in their organizations.

The study, entitled "Open Source in Global Software: Market Impact,
Disruption, and Business Models," wasn't just of open-source-friendly
companies like IBM, Novell, Red Hat, and Sun. It also checked in on
the open-source business models and developers of Microsoft, Oracle,
SAP, CA, AOL, Amazon, and Perot Systems. The results? One way or the
other, open-source methods and software are used almost everywhere.

Open source is so pervasive that IDC declares in this study that
open-source software represents the most significant all-encompassing
and long-term trend that the software industry has seen since the
early 1980s. IDC analysts also believe that open source will
eventually play a role in the life-cycle of every major software
category, and will fundamentally change the value proposition of
packaged software for customers.

Specifically, IDC predicts that over the next ten years, open source
will lead to vicious software price competition. While end-users will
see that effect, IDC's analysts think that the overall effect of open
source on the entire life-cycle of software invention and innovation
will be even more important.


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Diego Saravia
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