Here's a good interview with Mark Driver, Gartner vice president and research director. Interesting not only because it shows Gartner's attitude to FOSS becoming more positive, but also because it contains some worthwhile observations, eg:
"A common barrier to entry for some open source products is the cost of migration from established solutions. Although the return on investment for open source is attractive in many scenarios, it's often dampened by the initial cost of migration. This is especially true when organizations have deeply entrenched commitments to established technology providers. Therefore, open source growth tends to be slow in some established markets but is rapid in emerging markets.
"A common barrier to entry for some open source products is the cost of migration from established solutions. Although the return on investment for open source is attractive in many scenarios, it's often dampened by the initial cost of migration. This is especially true when organizations have deeply entrenched commitments to established technology providers. Therefore, open source growth tends to be slow in some established markets but is rapid in emerging markets.
"However, the single largest threat to the success of the open source model is software patents. These patents inhibit the commoditization of software services through legal restrictions, rather than free-market competition. Open source relies heavily on freely available specifications and standards."
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