The Open Source Census: This Data is Really Cool

Posted by Kim Weins on April 29th, 2008 in Open Source Trends

Cool story:  I just got out of a meeting with a VC who is a potential investor in OpenLogic.  At one point during the meeting, he asked about adoption of open source application frameworks — specifically Struts and Spring.  I pulled up the web site for The Open Source Census, went to the All Packages by Name report and found out that Spring had been found on 8% of the machines scanned so far and Struts on 16%.  The VC's mouth dropped open.  He started staring at the screen and writing all sorts of numbers down in his notebook.

This is the promise of The Open Source Census.  I know we've got a ways to go to collect more data, but the data makes people salivate.  And it's only going to get better.  Now that is cool.

 

 


Comments are closed.



Find us on LinkedIn Add us on Facebook! Add us on Google Plus! Chat with Us

Archives

Categories

About Us

OpenLogic helps enterprises use open source software by providing open source support, scanning, governance, and cloud solutions. For more on OpenLogic, go to www.openlogic.com.