{"id":714,"date":"2008-11-19T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=714"},"modified":"2008-11-19T07:00:22","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T15:00:22","slug":"open-source-commercial-software-no-longer-at-the-leading-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/open-source-commercial-software-no-longer-at-the-leading-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Source: Commercial Software no longer at the Leading Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"

A report <\/a>out of Austrailia shows that Leading Edge companies there are selecting Open Source over Commercial proprietary software.
\nWhy? To get the most cutting edge technology. The report was done by Waugh Partners and surveyed 129 companies ranging in size from multinational to very small.<\/p>\n

“They must have robust, cheap, scalable technology to stay ahead of competitors,” said Jeff Waugh, director of Waugh Partners. “They have to keep so close to the bleeding edge.”<\/p>\n

It’s beginning to sink in on people that Open Source isn’t necessarily free, but it is more cost effective. The sectors that have been more accepting of Open Source have been financial institutions and government organizations.<\/p>\n

National Australia Bank, for example, built an internet banking application using Open Source. Their software platform was developed co-operatively by the open source community under an open source license.
\nPart of the acceptance of Open Source is due to the fact that large Software vendors like IBM and Oracle backing some Open Source projects.<\/p>\n

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A report out of Austrailia shows that Leading Edge companies there are selecting Open Source over Commercial proprietary software. Why? To get the most cutting edge technology. The report was done by Waugh Partners and surveyed 129 companies ranging in…<\/span><\/p>\n

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