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Market Focus: Open-Source Software, Worldwide, 2005-2010
7 June 2006
 
Laurie F. Wurster   Fabrizio Biscotti   Bob Igou   David Gootzit  

OSS products will directly compete with commercial products to displace total software revenue from traditional markets by more than 22 percent during the next five years. The market will expand as small and midsize business customers and emerging service companies enter this space.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Introduction
2.0
    
 Forecast Scenario: The Effect of OSS on Software Market Dynamics

2.1
    
 Market Accelerators
2.2
    
 Market Inhibitors
3.0
    
 Gartner Dataquest Perspective
4.0
    
 Gartner Dataquest Recommendations

4.1
    
 Recommendations for Software, Hardware and IT Service Providers
4.2
    
 Recommendations for Business Users and IT Organizations

    
 Recommended Reading


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Figure 1. 
 OSS Adoption in Selected Software Markets
 

Figure 2. 
 Forecast of OSS Impact on Traditional Market Revenue, Worldwide, 2005-2010 (Total Software Revenue)
 

Figure 3. 
 Impact Forecast of OSS on Traditional Market Revenue, Worldwide, 2005-2010 (Total Software Revenue and Professional Services)
 



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