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January 17, 2005
Open Source - yes, but...
A newly published report, cited on vnunet, talks about the acceptance of Open Source by European developers. According to the report, more than 60 per cent believe that using Open Source can have significant benefits. However, developers are also wary about lack of regular updates, unpredictable cost of ownership and ip concerns when it comes to utilizing Open Source software.
Reliable support services are quoted as being the main reason of developers to chose commercial vendors. This just shows that companies providing commercial support for Open Source projects are not making this fact known enough. Sometimes I think that we are really too complacent about the level of visibility we've achieved. There is still a lot of work to be done.
Posted by Matthew at January 17, 2005 09:56 PM