Could the open source community disappear leaving my organisation isolated?
Open source has been in existence for decades so rest assured, your organisation is not adopting a new and untested software solution. What has changed over the last few years is large IT corporations such as Google, IBM, Intel, Yahoo, Redhat, to name but a few, have invested heavily in open source software helping it evolve into a real alternative to proprietary commercial software. With such well respected brand names behind open source software, this provides the confidence that it is here to stay and those organisations that adopt open standards and open source software will not become isolated. To add further weight to this statement, please read the News section, which provides reports on organisations transitioning to open source software solutions.
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