Open Source, Now Bigger Than Ever

I believe that Linux on the server and Firefox on the PC will be the trumpet call for OSS apps everywhere to begin rallying around each other in one final march to supremacy.

This according to findings of a survey conducted by Optaros, an open source services company. Nearly 87% of the 512 US companies surveyed by Optaros. Sampled companies ranged in size from small organizations with revenue under $50 million to large organizations with revenues over $1 billion.

Given that Optaros makes a living off open source, one has to remain skeptical of the findings, since they can be self serving. Nevertheless, I am willing to buy into the study because of the growing proliferation of Linux operating system, the Apache web server. If you add open source browsers say like Firefox to the mix, well 87% number isn’t that hard to get to. [Read the rest]