{"id":261,"date":"2007-03-23T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2007-03-23T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=261"},"modified":"2007-03-23T07:00:55","modified_gmt":"2007-03-23T15:00:55","slug":"open-source-big-vendor-strategies-intrigue-governments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/open-source-big-vendor-strategies-intrigue-governments\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Source: Big-Vendor Strategies Intrigue Governments"},"content":{"rendered":"

With few exceptions, federal and state governments have been hesitant<\/a> to adopt Open Source.\u00a0 The Apache web server is one\u00a0exception of Open Source that has been successfully deployed widely within government, but beyond that, Open Source adoption has been fairly limited.<\/p>\n

Governments have viewed Open Source as something too risky and not very well understood.\u00a0 But as big-name vendors like IBM, Sun Microsystems, Novell, Unisys, and Oracle\u00a0have begun building major\u00a0product strategies around Open Source, governments are giving Open Source a second look.\u00a0 Large systems integrators that work with governments are beginning to\u00a0frequently use\u00a0Open Source on their commercial accounts.\u00a0 Governments see the support and acceptance from these vendors and integrators\u00a0as a validation that Open Source can be used in ways that can provide significant value.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They also can see value in Open Source because it tends to be more flexible with more frequent release cycles and lower total costs than proprietary software solutions.<\/p>\n

And vendors are providing solid support and indemnification of Open Source.\u00a0 For example, IBM has hundereds of developers involved in Open Source, and Sun has Open Sourced their Solaris Unix operating systems, Java and other software tools.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As\u00a0large vendors and integrators become involved in developing for and responding to government requests for proposals, it is likely that we will see more and more government acceptance of Open Source solutions.<\/p>\n

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With few exceptions, federal and state governments have been hesitant to adopt Open Source.\u00a0 The Apache web server is one\u00a0exception of Open Source that has been successfully deployed widely within government, but beyond that, Open Source adoption has been fairly…<\/span><\/p>\n

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