“Survey.com and ENT magazine announce a cooperative research
initiative designed to produce a series of comprehensive reports on
Linux and the open source software industry.”
“The research objective will be to identify the major
trends, issues, and growth areas in the burgeoning open source
software market. The first report in the program will focus on
IT’s attitudes about and adoption plans for the Linux and BSD
open-source Unix operating systems, spanning the entire range of
organizational computing from small business to the
enterprise.”
“Open source software is distributed under a variety of licenses
that generally guarantee the right to read, redistribute, modify,
and use the software freely. Proponents claim that by supporting
independent peer review and rapid evolution of source code, open
source licensing promotes software reliability, quality, and
security.”