IDC Reveals the Real Impact of Open Source: Sustaining Innovations and Extending the Useful Life of Software Assets.FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a newly released IDC study, the open source software phenomenon has spread far beyond Linux and is gaining enormous momentum. The study, which analyzed IDC surveys from over 5,000 developers in 116 countries, finds that developers worldwide are increasing their use of open source. The study declares that open source software represents the most significant all-encompassing and long-term trend that the software industry has seen since the early 1980s. IDC believes that open source will eventually play a role in the life-cycle of every major software category, and will fundamentally change the value proposition of packaged software See software package. for customers. "The use of open source beyond Linux is pervasive, used by almost three-quarters of organizations and spanning hundreds of thousands of projects," said Dr. Anthony Picardi, senior vice president of Global Software Research at IDC. "Although open source will significantly reduce the industry opportunity over the next ten years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time real impact of open source is to sustain innovations in mature software markets, thus extending the useful life of software assets and saving customers money." The study finds that of the 5,000 survey respondents, open source software is being used by 71% of the developers in the world and is in production at 54% of their organizations. In addition, half of the global developers claim that the use of open source is increasing in their organizations. IDC identifies the following developments in the open source phenomenon: --Over the next ten years, open source will extract a toll on the industry in the low double digits Double Digits was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Played from April 20, 1973 through May 18, 1973's show, it was played for a car and used small prizes. , percentage wise, led by vicious price competition --Price effects are a less important impact of open source adoption than the effect of open source on the entire life-cycle of software invention and innovation --Despite the proliferation of open source license forms, only three business models are important from an industry and an individual vendor success point of view: the software revenue model, the public collective model, and the service broker model --Competitive success among vendors' open source markets will be determined by a different set of core competencies than those required to invent and market a new product Picardi adds, "As business requirements shift from acquiring new customers to sustaining existing ones, the competitive landscape will move towards costs savings and serving up sustaining innovations to savvy customers, along with providing mainstream software to new market segments that are willing to pay only a fraction of conventional software license fees. Open source software is ultimately a resource for sustaining innovators." The study, Open Source in Global Software: Market Impact, Disruption, and Business Models (IDC #202511), explores the growing role of open source among global software developers, and reaches conclusions beyond the hype surrounding the open source phenomenon. The study examines the future impact of open source in the software life-cycle (programming) software life-cycle - The phases a software product goes through between when it is conceived and when it is no longer available for use. The software life-cycle typically includes the following: requirements analysis, design, construction, testing (validation), , the emerging business models for open source software markets, and the potential for market disruption Market Disruption A situation where markets cease to function in a regular manner, typically characterized by rapid and large market declines. Market disruptions can result from both physical threats to the stock exchange or a unusual trading (as in a crash). . The study also investigates the open source business models of Microsoft, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Oracle, SAP, SUN Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , CA, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , Amazon, and Perot Systems Perot Systems Corporation NYSE: PER is an information technology services provider based in Plano, Texas. Peter Altabef has served as president, chairman, and chief executive officer since 2004. . Essential guidance is also provided, which includes a discussion of "networked intelligence" and the key ingredients of open source sustained innovation business models. The data presented in this study draws from the results of an IDC survey conducted in the spring of 2006 of over 5,000 developers in 116 countries, representing 38 developer networks. 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