2007 O pe n Sou rce Th ink tank : Th e Fu tu re of Com m e rcial
O pe n Sou rce Exe cu tive Su m m ary
R e port
Pu b l
ish e d and Copyrigh te d by: O l
l
iance Grou p and D LA Pipe r
From th e Introdu ction:
Th e pu rpose of th e e ve nt w as to provide a ve nu e for th ou gh t l
e ade rs from k e y se gm e nts of th e
ope n sou rce indu stry to col
l
ab orative l
y discu ss, b rainstorm and de ve l
op sol
u tions to k e y
issu e s in th e grow th and m atu ration of com m e rcial
ope n sou rce . Topics discu sse d incl
u de d
b u sine ss m ode l
s, l
ice nsing and inte l
l
e ctu al
prope rty issu e s, and adoption and u sage m ode l
s.
Th e 100 atte nde e s re pre se nte d m any se ctors of th e ope n sou rce e cosyste m incl
u ding se nior
e xe cu tive s from l
arge and sm al
l
softw are ve ndors (b oth ope n sou rce and proprie tary), CIO s,
ve ntu re capital
ists, anal
ysts and oth e r indu stry e xpe rts.
h ttp://th ink tank .ol
l
iance grou p.com /ostt2007re port.pdf
O pe n Sou rce Softw are 's Expanding R ol
e in th e Ente rprise
Pu b l
ish e d and Copyrigh te d by: Forre ste r Consu l
ting
From th e Exe cu tive Su m m ary:
O pe n sou rce h as e m e rge d as one of th e m ore im portant IT tre nds in th is you ng ce ntu ry. Th e
appl
ication of ope n sou rce m e th odol
ogie s h as grow n significantl
y in scope , as h as its u sage ,
ove r a re l
ative l
y sh ort pe riod of tim e . O nce e val
u ate d by com panie s, ope n sou rce softw are is
fre q u e ntl
y adopte d and h as tak e n its pl
ace al
ongside com m e rcial
softw are , ofte n w ith ou t
re gard to th e w ays in w h ich it is diffe re nt. In th is stu dy, m ore th an h al
f th e com panie s th at are
u sing ope n sou rce are u sing it for m ission critical
appl
ications. H ow e ve r, b e cau se th e re are
diffe re nce s b e tw e e n ope n sou rce and com m e rcial
softw are , cu stom e rs w ant th e ir conce rns
ab ou t ope n sou rce softw are addre sse d b e fore th e y incorporate ope n sou rce m ore com pl
e te l
y
in th e ir IT portfol
ios. Forre ste r Consu l
ting, u nde r U nisys sponsorsh ip, u nde rtook an in- de pth
stu dy of h ow ope n sou rce softw are is b e ing u se d in North Am e rica and Eu rope to b e tte r
u nde rstand th e im portant rol
e it is pl
aying in IT. Th e stu dy al
so e xam ine d th e b arrie rs and
b e ne fits th at ope n sou rce softw are re pre se nts to e nte rprise cu stom e rs.
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