{"id":4850,"date":"2014-09-24T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=4850"},"modified":"2014-08-29T07:51:51","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T15:51:51","slug":"open-source-companies-use-open-source-because-of-the-quality-and-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/open-source-companies-use-open-source-because-of-the-quality-and-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Source: Companies Use Open Source Because of the Quality and Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two recent reports have shed some insights about the current state of Open Source.<\/p>\n<p>The first of these was conducted by\u00a0<a title=\"Linux.com information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linux.com\/news\/enterprise\/cloud-computing\/784573-the-top-open-source-cloud-projects-of-2014\" target=\"_blank\">Linux.com<\/a> and the <a title=\"New Stack on Open Source\" href=\"http:\/\/thenewstack.io\/the-new-stack-and-linux-foundation-survey-openstack-and-docker-are-the-most-popular-open-source-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Stack<\/a>. \u00a0The result of that report and survey identified the following projects as currently the top five most popular Open Source projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Open Stack\" href=\"https:\/\/opensource.com\/resources\/what-is-openstack\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Docker\" href=\"https:\/\/opensource.com\/resources\/what-docker\" target=\"_blank\">Docker\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"KVM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-kvm.org\/page\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\">KVM\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"CloudStack\" href=\"http:\/\/cloudstack.apache.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">CloudStack\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ceph\" href=\"http:\/\/ceph.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ceph\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Docker has come out of nowhere to get to the number two spot on this list. \u00a0<a title=\"Steven Vaughan-Nichols bio\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sjvn1\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Vaughan-Nichols<\/a> of ZDNet<a title=\"ZDNet on Open Source rise\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/most-popular-open-source-cloud-projects-of-2014-7000032856\/\" target=\"_blank\"> commented<\/a> on <a title=\"Docker's rapid rise\" href=\"http:\/\/searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com\/news\/2240225341\/Dockers-Orchard-acquisition-part-of-aggressive-roadmap?src=itke+disc\" target=\"_blank\">Docker&#8217;s rapid rise <\/a>to number two, saying &#8220;to go from nowhere to the second most popular project in 12 months? <a title=\"Dockers Rapid growth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/archives\/2014\/08\/22\/docker-ceo-dockers-impact-data-center-industry-will-huge\/\" target=\"_blank\">That&#8217;s amazing<\/a> and speaks to its rockstar rise in popularity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A <a title=\"2014 Future of Open Source survey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/blackducksoftware\/2014-future-of-open-source-survey-results\" target=\"_blank\">second report<\/a> done by <a title=\"Black Duck Software\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blackducksoftware.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Duck Software<\/a> and <a title=\"North Bridge Venture Partners\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbvp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Bridge Venture Partners<\/a> investigated how and why Open Source software is being used today. \u00a0Most interestingly, the survey found that the top reason why companies choose Open Source today isn&#8217;t because of price considerations. \u00a0It&#8217;s because of the quality of the software. \u00a080 percent of companies using open source say the number one reason they use open source is because of the quality. \u00a0In addition, those same companies say that open source usually wins out when comparing competitive features and technical capabilities of open source against proprietary software. \u00a0And 72 percent 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