Open Source Software Soaring to Success

“Linux server operating system vendors like Red Hat and even
Novell could be heading for bumper sales over the next 12 months.
Almost 40 percent of organizations are planning on migrating
mission-critical workloads to open source software in that time
frame.

“That’s Accenture’s line anyway, and perhaps the mega-consulting
firm has good reason for saying so: It asked 300 private and public
sector organizations with annual revenues in excess of $500 million
about their plans for open source software, and announced the
results earlier this month. “What we are seeing is a coming of age
of open source, ” said Paul Daugherty, Accenture’s chief technology
architect chappie.

“What’s most interesting is the motivation that these
organizations have for moving to open source software. Microsoft in
particular has been involved in a long-term campaign to put out the
message that proprietary software, although appearing to cost more
than free open source software, actually costs less. Something to
do with its “comprehensive, integrated, easy-to-use stack of
technologies,” making the total cost of ownership lower when
retraining, administration skills and so-on are all taken into
account.”

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