IT Observer: The State of Open Source in the Enterprise

"All over the world there are conversations happening about 'The State of Open Source' in various areas. Invariably, most participants will boil these down to two hard facts: on the consumer desktop, Open Source has made very little headway but in the corporate market it is gaining strong footholds.

"However, these are sweeping generalizations. After all, even Windows includes certain Open Source components. And, even the footholds that Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) is gaining are hard to measure at such a high level..."

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