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At the beginning of last year, we predicted that 2008 would set a new record in terms of the amount of mergers and acquisitions related to open source software vendors. A look back at the year-end numbers indicates that we were a bit overconfident. In fact, 28 M&A deals were recorded by The 451 Commercial [...]

2009 is here. And for people like me, that means it’s time to put together not a “year in review” but a “year in preview.”
I don’t like to look back; I like to look ahead. So I offer you this list of what I see in the year to come for the Linux operating system [...]

2008 was an eventful, breakthrough year for many open source companies, and 2009 will hold even more promise for the open source market, especially in terms of business purchasing patterns, software business model shifts, and enterprise software stack evolution. The current economic conditions will certainly prompt businesses to look more closely at alternative IT solutions [...]

The economic slowdown should benefit open source software but whether open source software will benefit its owners is up in the air.
That’s according to Gartner Group predictions for 2009, which claims that over the next few years most enterprises using open source won’t manage those assets correctly and most won’t achieve any cost savings over [...]