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Al Gillen
Program Vice President, System Software Stephen D. Hendrick Photo
Stephen D. Hendrick
Group Vice President, Application Development and Deployment Research Amy Konary Photo
Amy Konary
Research Vice President, Software Licensing, Provisioning, and Delivery Mitsuhiro Iriya Photo
Mitsuhiro Iriya
Senior Market Analyst, Software & Security, IDC Japan Gard Little Photo
Gard Little
Research Director, IT Consulting and System Integration Research Melinda-Carol Ballou Photo
Melinda-Carol Ballou
Program Director, Application Life-Cycle Management & Executive Strategies Jean S. Bozman Photo
Jean S. Bozman
Research Vice President, Enterprise Servers Matthew Eastwood Photo
Matthew Eastwood
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ONGOING ANALYSIS

Over the last 20 years, a phenomenon has evolved in the software industry that is now emerging as a fundamental shift in how software is developed and distributed: open source software. Open source software touches the very heart of the software industry - how software companies can make money. The open source software movement has significantly upped the ante for commercial players. Companies now must compete based on their business models, in addition to other traditional forms of competition. Today, the software industry is characterized by an ever-changing mix of excitement, caution, hype, confusion, experimentation, failure, and success - thanks in no small part to open source software. As the open source movement expands up the software stack, nearly all software markets are now being impacted in some way.