Open source "gaining enormous momentum"
The open-source software "phenomenon" extends far beyond Linux, and is "gaining enormous momentum," IDC reports. Following a recent survey of over 5,000 developers in 116 countries, IDC has concluded that open-source software represents "the most significant all-encompassing and long-term trend that the software industry has seen since the early 1980s."
In its research, IDC found the use of open source beyond Linux to be "pervasive," spanning nearly three-fourths of organizations and hundreds of thousands of projects. The market research firm says it expects that open source will ultimately "play a role in the life-cycle of every major software category, and will fundamentally change the value proposition of packaged software for customers."
The results of the study indicate that open-source software is currently being used by 71 percent of developers worldwide, according to IDC. Additionally, open-source software software is "in production" at 54 percent of the surveyed developers' organizations. Furthermore, half the surveyed developers said that the use of open-source in their organizations is increasing.
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