Comments on: OOW06: Using Open Source in the Enterprise, a Presentation http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/10/29/oow06-using-open-source-in-the-enterprise-a-presentation/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:08:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: James http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/10/29/oow06-using-open-source-in-the-enterprise-a-presentation/#comment-597 James Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:50:53 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/wp/?p=450#comment-597 My perspective says that the vendors themselves also need to encourage folks within large enterprises to contribute to open source. The key is that all the easy stuff like operating systems, application servers and databases are accounted for. What has not been accounted for is the potential for open source within an industry vertical context. Ask yourself what do you think the average Fortune 50 spends on operating systems and databases a year? Maybe $2 million. Now ask yourself what they are spending on enterprise applications for their vertical and the answer changes by factors... My perspective says that the vendors themselves also need to encourage folks within large enterprises to contribute to open source. The key is that all the easy stuff like operating systems, application servers and databases are accounted for. What has not been accounted for is the potential for open source within an industry vertical context.

Ask yourself what do you think the average Fortune 50 spends on operating systems and databases a year? Maybe $2 million. Now ask yourself what they are spending on enterprise applications for their vertical and the answer changes by factors…

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