July 29, 2009, 6:56 am
According to a recent IDC study, the market for open-source software has been accelerated by both the slow economy and increased acceptance from enterprise customers.
The IDC study, “Worldwide Open Source Software 2009-2013 Forecast,” showed that worldwide revenue from open-source software (OSS) will grow at a 22.4 percent rate to reach $8.1 billion by 2013. This forecast is considerably higher than 2008 for three reasons, IDC said. One was that this study included more open-source projects than last year’s. Another reason was that open-source software has had a much higher level of acceptance over the past 12 months than previously expected. And the third reason was the economy. IDC said the recession helped to spur the uptake and use of open-source software in the closing months of 2008…
