Open source’s ardent admirers take but don’t give

“Open source went mainstream long ago. It’s a pity, then, that
it’s still so poorly understood by many of its most ardent
admirers.

“For example, ask a gaggle of IT executives, as Accenture
recently did, why they’re heavily adopting open-source software
— and adopting heavily, they are: 50 per cent of those
surveyed are “fully committed” to open source, while 69 per cent
plan to up their investment in open source, and a full 38 per cent
plan to migrate mission-critical software to open-source
alternatives in 2010.

“…Great numbers, right? Well, yes — until we add in one
additional data point: 29 per cent are unwilling to contribute back
their code modifications to the relevant communities.”

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