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Most reports about the growth of the open-source movement have been unreservedly positive (other than those coming out of Redmond, of course). But there's got to be at least one spoilsport, and in this case, it's Bob Hayward of Gartner Research Asia-Pacific. Speaking with ZDNet Asia, Hayward said that open source software could have "a slightly dampening effect" on innovation, as small developers, squeezed between the big boys like Microsoft on one side, and the freebies on the other, throw up their hands and pack it in, deciding there's no way they're going to make a buck in the software biz. Hayward also sees open source continuing to cut into software industry revenue, forcing companies to recast themselves as service providers, rather than software developers. "Maybe it will come to a day when all software is free, and you'll just pay for support and enhancements," he said.
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Subscribe to commentsryanJul 7th 2005 8:58AM
"Hayward also sees open source continuing to cut into software industry revenue, forcing companies to recast themselves as service providers, rather than software developers."
All I could think of after reading this is Perhaps this will just force software developers to make better software. There are many very small software companies that make great software and for a reasonable cost. I have no problem with smaller companies digging into the large manufacters bottom line. This will just benefit us, the consumers.