[CS-FSLUG] Survey: 56% expect that more than half of all software spend over next 5 years will be open source

[Fred A. Miller]

More than half of all software purchases made over the next five years
will be open source, according to half of all respondents in a
significant survey released today.

Although 95 percent of the same survey 450 respondents believe that
the "turbulent" economy is good for open source software, avoiding
vendor lock-in has supplanted lowered software cost as the chief reason
for open source adoption.

These findings, included in the fifth annual Future of Open Source
survey, conducted by North Bridge Venture Partners (NBVP) and 451Group,
were made public today at the Open Source Business Conference. The
venture capital firm invests in many open source firms including Acquia,
which is highlighted in the report and at the conference.

[More]

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/survey-56-expect-that-more-than-half-of-all-software-spend-over-next-5-years-will-be-open-source/8917


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