Ακριβή νούμερα δεν γνωρίζω αλλά μπορώ να κάνω τις αναγωγές από το δικό μας project και οι
δύο ισχυρισμοί μου φαίνονται αληθινοί: και οι περισσότεροι opensource developers είναι
ευρωπαίοι και η αμερική ηγείται της εκμετάλευσης/χρήσης του opensource.
Για μένα είναι κυρίως θέμα αγοράς. Στην αμερική "πληρώνουν" για υπηρεσίες opensource εδω και
5+ χρόνια και δεν έχουν πρόβλημα να χρηματοδοτήσουν (Venture Capital) opensource businesses.
H ευρώπη είναι τουλάχιστο 3-4 χρόνια πίσω, και η Ελλάδα ίσως και δεκαετία.
Ο JBoss δημιουργήθηκε βασικά από ευρωπαίους αλλά στην πορεία μετανάστευσε και μεγάλωσε στην
Αμερική. Δεν νομίζω ότι θα μπορούσε να είχε γίνει αλλιώς.
Το opensource ανθεί στις αγορές που λειτουργεί ο υγιής ανταγωνισμός (γιατί πολύ απλά είναι
συνολικά περισσότερο cost-effective) και στις τεχνολογικές προηγμένες κοινωνίες (γιατί
απαιτείται τεχνωγνοσία για να το χρησιμοποιήσεις σωστά).
Χαιρετώ
/Δημήτρης
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Theodoros G. Karounos wrote:
...
The US might be busy giving thanks but work life goes on for the rest
of us in the ROTW, and comments made today by Viviane Reding, European
Commissioner for information and society, indicate that perhaps Europe
should be taking advantage of the fact the Americans are having a day
off to focus on its use of open source and how it could be used to
bolster the European economy.
According to an announcement by Truffle Capital, Reding has called for
a European Strategy for Software "that will allow the industry to
develop a global leadership position in the on-line service economy"
at a presentation at the European Commission. The announcements
states:
"As online software, or software as a service, replaces traditional
packaged software, Europe has advantages that give it a 'window of
opportunity to develop a leadership position in software,' commented
Reding. These include a large home base of demand to build on, high
levels of qualified talent, and the fact that 70% of open source
developers worldwide are of European origin. However, she warned, 'the
window is small and it will soon be closed if we don't act,' since 90%
of the economic benefits of open source are being won by US
companies."
I'd be interested to know where those statistics came from, although
the 70% figure may well have its roots in the Merit FLOSS Impact
report (PDF). It is certainly clear from that report and other
communication from the EC that it sees open source software as
integral to Europe improving its position in the technology market. At
the same time, the EC's official policy on the use of open source by
government and business is neutral.
This leads to difficult situations like this one, where the Commission
is required to deny favoring open source despite one of its studies
(the aforementioned FLOSS report) endorsing open source as a means of
improving the competitiveness of the ICT sector in Europe. If the
Commission is to push forward with a European Strategy for Software as
suggested by Reding, it would appear that fence sitting is not a long
term option.
...
http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/22/europes-open-source-opportunity/