Open Source Software's Expanding Role in the Enterprise

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Open source has emerged as one of the more important IT trends in this
young century. In this study, more than half the companies that are
using open source are using in for mission critical applications.
Forrester Consulting, under Unisys sponsorship, undertook an in-depth
study of how open source software is being used in North America and
Europe to better understand the important role it is playing in IT.
The study also examined the barriers and benefits that open source
software represents to enterprise customers. Forrester, Mar.07