Published on 2008-09-03 20:05:30



Berlin, Guangzhou, Madrid, Paris, Roma, Sao Paulo: Qualipso, a unique international alliance of ICT industry players, SMEs, research, public sector bodies and academics, whose role it is to help industry and governments fuel innovation and competitiveness with Open Source software (OSS) recently published the report of its annual Conference, bringing together top speakers and participants from nearly 30 countries.

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The conference focus was on highlighting the strengths and challenges of Open Source Software, the state of the market, and future trends.

Because of its capacity to boost innovation and competitiveness, Open Source Software (OSS) could act as a catalyst for restructuring the entire industry, acting as a lever for the transformation of the economy towards a service-based model. Being innovative, flexible and ultra-accessible so it can be skillfully adapted for both high-end solutions or low-cost software for the general public means OSS could contribute to a profound transformation of the IT ecosystem.

However, despite many successes, OSS uptake remains slowed by certain myths and misconceptions in the industry, and some barriers are still perceived by mainstream users, most notably: security, availability of services and support, TCO, legal/IP issues and viability. OSS stakeholders will have to overcome these barriers for mainstream adoption.

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