Tue 2 Dec 2008
Bad economy good for Open Source?
Posted by Prakash under General
As the global economy is slowing down, companies are now looking at Open Source more seriously. With IT budgets experiencing a significant cut, open source is the best way to save cost.
So the bad economy is actually working out good for open source. It also breaks the company out of the vendor locking where they are forced to upgrade by proprietary software vendors.
Business week has a nice article:
Cost-Conscious Companies Turn to Open-Source Software
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December 12th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
“No Money for the U.S. car Industry”
Here’s the scoop:
Our economy is not one thing but made up of many and diverse interrelated individual entities. Not unlike a group of tribes.
Recently the Banking / Loan tribe has taken it hard in the ass for a long period of unchecked profit lust. The Feds are charged with the responsibility of keeping this from happening. Apparently they were busy with other things.
SO here we are; the Banking thing has caused a downward economic cascade. Things are crumbling and falling as we speak. Our economy, viewed as a group of tribes is taking an ass kicking. The American car industry is a key tribal member that we are not very proud of but an economic pillar none the less.
As far as the Govt. bailout of the U.S. car industry I do feel the reticence. The beggars in question have been existed in an aura of self created flatulence to ward off the winds off change. Up until now they have done the least they can do to embrace energy efficient /alternative powered vehicles.
Much as the upper management of GM and Chrysler deserves it we can’t let them expire on the crapper. The impact on our Economy will be a kick to the short and curlys that we can’t handle now. Most people generating opinions about this do not realize the vast and devastating ripple effect letting these corporate entities go down will have.
Michael Arati