Article Source The Open Road
August 5, 2009, 7:46 am
August 5, 2009, 7:46 am
Given the momentum behind open source, and how it has grown through the economic downturn, it’s not surprising that more and more vendors are getting involved to commercialize open-source projects. What is perhaps surprising, however, is how early in the open-source project lifecycle that commercialization is emerging, as Gartner indicate in a December 2008 report (“Predicts 2009: The Evolving Open-Source Software Model”).
Gartner suggests that by 2012, “50% of direct commercial revenue attributed to open-source products or services will come from projects under a single vendor’s patronage.” What this means, however, is open to interpretation…
