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07-30-2009, 06:23 AM
A recent IDC study, Worldwide Open Source Software 2009-2013 Forecast (http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.idc.com%2Fgetdoc.jsp%3Fcontai nerId%3D219260&esheet=6017293&lan=en_US&anchor=Worldwide+Open+Source+Software+2009%E2%80%9 32013+Forecast&index=1)(IDC #219260) reveals that worldwide revenue from open source software (OSS) will grow at a 22.4 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to reach $8.1 billion by 2013.This forecast is considerably higher than 2008 for three reasons according to IDC:
1.This study included more projects
2.Open source software has been much better received over the past 12 months
3. the economy kick started the use of open source in the closing months of 2008.
"The open source software market has seen a strong boost from the current economic crisis," says Michael Fauscette, group vice president, Software Business Solutions ."OSS is increasingly a part of the enterprise software strategy of leading businesses and is seeing mainstream adoption at a strong pace. As the overall software industry continues to consolidate, it will be key for OSS vendors to reach scale if they plan to continue as a standalone business."
Apart from the recession, the study notes that OSS migration of bigger enterprises have given a big boost to open source. The study also states that positive steps taken by proprietary software vendors like IBM, Sun, Dell, HP, and Oracle to support OSS have not only benefited the companies themselves due to indirect revenue but also led to a growing acceptance of OSS in the mainstream. There is a growing trend , the study goes on to say , among vendors to offer OSS strategically to increase competitive advantage such as part of software appliance for example that can be expected to lead to more OSS adoption. The IDC study finally predicts that hybrid models will likely become the most common business model with on-premise vendors adding SaaS, SaaS vendors offering on premise, OSS vendors selling variants, and closed source vendors offering more OSS.
1.This study included more projects
2.Open source software has been much better received over the past 12 months
3. the economy kick started the use of open source in the closing months of 2008.
"The open source software market has seen a strong boost from the current economic crisis," says Michael Fauscette, group vice president, Software Business Solutions ."OSS is increasingly a part of the enterprise software strategy of leading businesses and is seeing mainstream adoption at a strong pace. As the overall software industry continues to consolidate, it will be key for OSS vendors to reach scale if they plan to continue as a standalone business."
Apart from the recession, the study notes that OSS migration of bigger enterprises have given a big boost to open source. The study also states that positive steps taken by proprietary software vendors like IBM, Sun, Dell, HP, and Oracle to support OSS have not only benefited the companies themselves due to indirect revenue but also led to a growing acceptance of OSS in the mainstream. There is a growing trend , the study goes on to say , among vendors to offer OSS strategically to increase competitive advantage such as part of software appliance for example that can be expected to lead to more OSS adoption. The IDC study finally predicts that hybrid models will likely become the most common business model with on-premise vendors adding SaaS, SaaS vendors offering on premise, OSS vendors selling variants, and closed source vendors offering more OSS.