More than half of all adopted enterprise software in the next 5 years will be Open Source

Open Source Key Facts

more than 50% of IT leaders have adopted Open Source
2011 was a record year for investment in Open Source, up 49% to $675m in USA
It is estimated that Open Source accounts for 30% of total software portfolio
1 in 3 IT leaders have formal Open Source policies

20% of IT leaders are adopting Open Source consistently across all departments
Top Companies:
$1.13 billion 2011 turnover of Red Hat, the largest Open Source business
more than half of all adopted enterprise software in the next 5 years will be Open Source
more than 5 million developers contributing to Open Source projects globally

Linus Torvalds

Creator of Linux
Eben Moglen

Professor of Law at Columbia University, founder of the Free Software Law Centre
Jimi Wales

Founder of Wikipedia
Jim Whitehurst

CEO of Red Hat, first billion dollar Open Source company
Tom Erickson

CEO of Acquia, fastest growing software company on the 2012 Inc. 5000

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The Document Foundation's release yesterday of version 3.3.2 of their open-source office suite is the second in the current seri... Read more >>

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