Article Source The Open Road
July 8, 2009, 4:20 pm
July 8, 2009, 4:20 pm
In May I reported on the rising fortunes of Funambol, Mozilla, and other open-source companies. Signs of ‘green shoots’ notwithstanding, the economy doesn’t seem to be getting any better, but open-source companies continue to log impressive growth as open source pervades the enterprise, as Forrester analyst Jeffrey Hammond (@jhammond) recently noted.
Importantly, according to Hammond, while open source starts as a cost-saving exercise, it often morphs into something far more strategic…
