LinuxWorld to Focus on Virtualization, Strong Enterprise Adoption

To be frank, I think that for the most part, this is where most of the Linux mindset is right now. Enterprise adoption appears to be the name of the game.

Open-source software has clearly entered the mainstream as it is being strongly adopted within the enterprise, a point underscored by the fact that many CIOs are now implementing it as policy within their organizations.

This is according to Raymond Zachary, a senior analyst and open-source practice head at The 451 Group.

In a media conference call Aug. 8 ahead of the annual LinuxWorld conference and exposition in San Francisco next week, Zachary said attitudes have changed toward open source, “and we are seeing not only a bottoms-up adoption, but also a top-down initiative.”

“We are now also seeing CIOs starting to look at implementing open source as a policy within an organization and not as an after-the-fact reaction to its in-house development use,” he said…. Source: eWeek