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05 Aug 2010
Over two thirds of global organisations anticipate increasing their expenditure on open source software this year, according to research by management consulting firm Accenture.
A whopping 85 per cent of US companies expect investment in open source systems to increase in 2010, compared to 56 per cent of UK companies.
Half of the respondents to a global Accenture survey are fully committed to using open source, while 38 per cent expect to transfer core software to open source within the next 12 months.
The survey also found that over three quarters of respondents cited quality of software over cost savings as the main reason for switching to an open source platform.
Over two-thirds see open source as more reliable than traditional software, and 70 per cent see it as having better security and bug fixing capabilities.
The findings represent a turning point for open source, according to Tomas Nyström, senior director of open source technologies at Accenture.
"Open source has become a high-quality and reliable alternative to traditional products, and is a real choice for businesses, not just a cost cutting measure," he said.
"The platform is growing faster than the total market, and is displacing closed software products."
UK firms are more positive about the benefits of open source than their US counterparts, even though fewer plan to invest further in the software.
A third of UK companies believe that exploiting the full benefits of open source offers a real competitive advantage over those that remain focused on proprietary software.
The volume of open source software development will also increase over the next three years, according to Accenture.
A fifth of software developments were open source last year, and the figure is expected to rise to 27 per cent by 2013.
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The future of Open Source
Open Source would grow if the producers of proprietary software were convinced that their softwre would be bought by Open source users. They fail to see that many open source users use it because it is better than MS Windows and that they would buy proprietary software that have complex abilities like 3D CAD software and Publishing software. These tools are the hearts of many businesses and the operating systems are the means of them being able to open and use their specialist software. They could try with old versions at a knock down price for people to try them in the Open Source Operating scene. This would let them see speed of operation and manipulation of the drawings and prove that Open Source can handle it. It depends on access to drivers.
Posted by: Stephen Mark 11 Aug 2010