Open Source Beginning to Control Software Market

The Standish Group, an Information Technology research firm, recently released a report in which software using participants were interviewed over a period of five years. After the study concluded, the Standish Group proclaimed “the Open-Source movement is no longer the anti-software-industry establishment…Open-source software is the software establishment!”

This revealing quotation based on a large body of research reflects the trend of the modern software industry. Although measuring the impact, both financial and otherwise, of open-source software can be difficult due to its lack of a price tag, the Standish Group estimates that users will save an upwards of $60 billion per year due to the adoption of open-source programs.

In addition to the financial ease of open-source software, a large number of users in the study believed open-source products to be more secure, more reliable, and of a general higher quality than their proprietary peers. Because of the structure of open-source programs, with their code available to developers to change and alter it as necessary to fit their particular business needs, open-source is a more responsive and comprehensive business solution. Many users also find open-source software to be directly in line with the very nature of business – free software promotes a free market and maximum profit. In addition, open-source software is widely available for development and marketing, further stimulating growth and the economy.

Open-source software is a great way for any business, whether just beginning or an established, multinational company, to improve productivity and cut costs. If you are interested in learning more about open-source solutions for your business, contact the experienced developers at Mpower Open today.