The Implications of Open Source’s Rise for Technology Leaders
The synergy of cloud and open source has propelled open source to what it is today, the de facto and unavoidable standard in the software development stack.
This report lays out eight trends that determine software development today and describes how the evolution of software development has evolved in a multiphase model. Next, it looks at the driving factors behind why open source won, followed by a section on why open source will keep winning. The report also notes an area where open source has not been successful so far—business applications—and looks at the root causes for that.
The report concludes with a set of concrete recommendations for CxOs who are dealing with open source.
