InfoWorld staff writer Paul Krill asked in his December 18th TechWatch article, "How high can open source fly?"
"Pardon me, but am I missing something here? Do people make money in a capitalist system by giving things away?"
He also suggested:
"Perhaps 2004 will be the year the question gets answered as to how much market share open source software can take away from commercial software. We shall see."
I personally think this year is the year we will see Open Source software really taking off. Especially free Open Source software. End users love free web applications and as more and more of us start using free software it's only a matter of time before it becomes mainstream. My prediction is that by the end of this year corporate and enterprise users will be well aware of the advantages of Open Source and, if not ready to adopt by then, they will at least be watching it carefully.
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