New opportunities for open-source software under economic turmoil

Article Title: new opportunities for open-source software under economic turmoil. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

Although the current economic environment is not ideal, it is a great time for open-source communities and open-source enthusiasts to promote open-source technologies.

After the baptism of the financial crisis, enterprise users who use inexpensive open-source software will undoubtedly increase, because this means saving a lot of money. Jim Zemlin, chairman of the Linux Foundation, the world's largest open-source organization, is optimistic about the prospect of open-source products and said he would seize the opportunities brought about by the financial crisis to open up the market. he claims: "The Linux Foundation will hold a meeting on Wall Street. I believe it will be very successful. The bosses of financial companies will realize that by using free or low-cost open-source products, they can use the money they have saved to the edge. "

Of course, the economic situation is not the only reason to stimulate the development of open-source technologies. The development of new technologies in software fields such as SaaS, SOA, and cloud computing will also drive the application of open-source technologies in enterprises.

SaaS is becoming increasingly popular in China. more and more software vendors want to enter the SaaS field. many SaaS-based applications have been launched. To continue to attract users with the advantage of low service costs, SaaS vendors will certainly take more measures to cut costs, and adopting open source software will also become one of the trends.

Open-source software is also favored by SOA vendors. some SOA projects led by the open-source community are receiving attention, such as the Tuscany project initiated by the Apache Software Foundation, the main goal is to provide users with a set of SOA infrastructure, including SCA, SDO, and DAS standards implemented by Java and C ++; SOA Tools Platform, an open-source project led by the Eclipse Foundation, aims to provide a flexible and scalable framework for technicians, based on this framework, technicians can easily design, configure, assemble, deploy, monitor and manage SOA.

Cloud computing is also a very positive trend for open-source technologies. If you like Microsoft development tools, you can use them. Net. if you like open-source development tools, you can use S and NetBeans. cloud computing puts all developers and development tools on the same starting line, and the open-source community also has the opportunity to compete with other vendors in the cloud.

Driven by SaaS, SOA, and cloud computing, open source is useless.