2006 - the year for open source
It's now 2006, over seven years since I first started writing on this subject, and what continues to worry me about the open source debate is that objectivity is still blurred by an emotional attachment to one side of the argument or another which is more commonly found in hardened football supporters.
From the evidence around us, this should be the year (once again) where the OSS argument achieves a critical mass and credibility, supported by the evidence of its success across the entire IT spectrum.
For this to happen, the movement's more vocal proponents need to leave the emotional baggage of 'Microsoft Bad, Open Source Good' behind and concentrate on resolving the central themes of the OSS case in a way which satisfies not just cynical columnists like me but the big enterprise and government customers. These are the very organisations that could make a real difference to its future as a sensible and commercially sound technology alternative.
For this to happen, then, we need to recognise the fundamental differences in the Linux and Windows models and accept that while there are advantages in the OSS componentisation model, there are a number of valid potential customer objections which are expressed in the complexity, management and cost of maintaining an OSS environment.
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