“The era of proprietary computing is over. Its closed,
inflexible model is a dinosaur, outliving its purpose–especially
now that IT innovation has gone global. The high tech centers in
India and China have gotten their jump-start thanks to open source
platforms like Linux, and the trend away from proprietary standards
will only accelerate as new centres continue to emerge around the
globe.“However, the open source movement isn’t the final word on a new
industry model either, despite its passionate proponents. While a
vital, and necessary evolution in IT, open source works best for
fundamental components, like Linux or Java, and not for software
needed in a specific industry…”