{"id":1466,"date":"2010-08-24T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2010-08-24T07:00:04","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T15:00:04","slug":"open-source-quality-now-leads-affordability-as-main-selection-criteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/open-source-quality-now-leads-affordability-as-main-selection-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Source: Quality now leads Affordability as Main Selection Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the last ten years Open Source has had a profound influence on both software companies and consumers of software, indirectly if not directly. \u00a0And along the way, Open Source has changed, morphing itself in ways so as to become now widely accepted by all types of businesses. \u00a0In many instances, the cream of the Open Source crop is software that rivals the best software created by commercial companies. \u00a0Quality and reliability are no longer features which commercial vendors have a monopoly on<\/p>\n

In a recent survey by Accenture<\/a>, Paul Daugherty, chief technology architect commented that\u00a0“what we are seeing is the coming of age of open source. \u00a0Through both our research and our work with clients, we are seeing an increase in demand for open source based on quality, reliability and speed, not just cost savings. This is a significant change from just two years ago when uptake was driven mainly by cost savings. We can expect to see this trend develop as open source continues to evolve and address even more business critical functions.”<\/p>\n

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