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The Future of Enterprise Open Source: Balancing Innovation and Profitability

By Dick Weisinger

Enterprise open source software has become a cornerstone of modern IT infrastructure, but its long-term viability remains a subject of debate. Many companies that start as open source projects eventually transition to proprietary models, raising questions about the sustainability of

Emerging Trends in Open Source Software: Insights from Census III

By Dick Weisinger

The Linux Foundation’s recently released Census III report provides valuable insights into the current state and emerging trends of open-source software. This comprehensive study, based on over 12 million observations of free and open-source software (FOSS) libraries across more than

Is Open Source Software Doomed to Fail?

By Dick Weisinger

Open source software (OSS) is software that is developed, distributed, and modified by anyone who has access to its source code. OSS has been praised for its benefits such as innovation, collaboration, and cost-effectiveness. However, recent reports have raised concerns

Open Source ECM: The Future of Enterprise Content Management

By Dick Weisinger

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is a system for managing the various types of content and documents that an organization relies upon to support its business objectives. Open-source ECM software, such as Nuxeo and Alfresco, are important because they provide a

Open Source: Huge Benefits, But not without Risks

By Dick Weisinger

What are the benefits of open source software? It’s free. There is no vendor lock in. It’s free. It often contains very high quality code and it can be very flexible and easy to integrate. It might be backed by