Wednesday, 2 January 2008

Open Source to Grow in 2008

Open source has been predicted to be one of top IT business models to watch out for in 2008. According to Made Wiryana, Academician, Lecturer, and open source expert, disappointment in Windows Vista coupled with great responses...

Open source has been predicted to be one of top IT business models to watch out for in 2008.

According to Made Wiryana, Academician, Lecturer, and open source expert, disappointment in Windows Vista coupled with great responses and high expectation to low end machines that come bundled with the Linux operating system and the rising interest in green IT, has made many think positively about Linux.

"For example many departments in Indonesia already have migrated to Linux. This phenomenon drives people to open source," said Wiryana.

Besides this, many big IT vendors such as IBM, Oracle, and other vendors who are specifically focused on services will see this open source as a trend.

IT business without community is impossible, Wiryana adds. He reckons open source businesses can solve local IT problems and big IT vendors should support and develop open source communities.

Today, open source is still growing on a global level. One such example would be at the Beijing Olympics, which is predicted to be fully-supported by open source.

Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.