In a recent blog post here on ebizQ, I talked about how OpenLogic is among those driving the inevitable consolidation of the open source software (OSS) development model but with a strategy that preserves the OSS culture. As a researcher in OSS, part of that cultural change means making the research more open source, which is why you find many things here on ebizQ at no cost (but still copyright protected of course) that major research firms I have worked for charge large fees for.
Now OpenLogic has taken the lead in an idea that furthers such open-source research into OSS, facilitating an OSS census. The first phase of the program involves the release of OpenLogic's OSS Discovery software under an OSS license, as well as an invitation for open source developers, software vendors and large ISVs to join The Open Source Census project. The overarching goal of The Open Source Census is to paint an accurate portrait of OSS usage in the enterprise.
So for example, we will be able to find out with more statistical accuracy the answers to questions such as:
-- How prevalent is the LAMP stack vs. the WAMP stack (and WAOP and LAOP stacks for that matter?)?
-- How much OSS is truly free and how much is just open?
-- How quickly are open source ESB's permeating enterprises?
-- And many similar questions that users, managers, developers and investors care about and that I have written about in the Features section that accompanies this blog
Today in this podcast of about 5 minutes in length we have Kim Weins, Marketing VP at OpenLogic, to tell us more about what I hope becomes known as the OpenLogic OSS Census.
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