Why Open Source and Linux Are Losing Momentum

Posted by Sander_Marechal on Jul 17, 2007 12:47 PM EDT
IT Business Edge; By Rob Enderle
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This time of year, I make my rounds with the OEMs and get to chat with a number of executives. Several things have floated to the top, but the one I’d like to chat about right now is the comment that Linux demand and interest in open source in general has dropped off sharply. I think this is because a lot of FOSS folks saw open source and related initiatives as an end and not a means to an end. The result IT departments wanted and the result FOSS wanted were two different things.

[It's a high FUD week this week. If you read between the lines you can clearly see why Enderle has such a disdain for FOSS: Before FOSS the IT industry made millionaires of common folk. FOSS commoditized the industry. I guess Enderle missed the money train and now he's out to make FOSS pay for it. — Sander]

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Youch, Rob So smart and yet so wrong. Must hurt. dinotrac 17 1,706 Jul 18, 2007 4:39 AM

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