A National Computing Centre survey has concluded that some three quarters of UK businesses will have some form of open source system in place within the next five years.
Companies are aiming to keep costs down and they see open source as a way to do that, but many are worried about support.[ZDNet]Open source offerings have already proved their viability in a climate where business value from IT investment is the driver, said Michael Dean, membership director at The National Computing Centre.
"Further competition in the marketplace will benefit everybody and continued encouraging actions from the government will accelerate its adoption," he said in a statement.