The Open Source Barometer, Edition III
Dr. Ian Howells
CMO, Alfresco Software
November, 2008

Agenda
● What is the Open Source Barometer?
● What is new in the Open Source Barometer III?
● Analysis by Question Category
● Impact of SharePoint – Microsoft Stack Adoption
● Impact of Enterprise 2.0
● Open Source Infrastructure
● Key Findings

Open Source is More than
a Linux and Eclipse Barbell
Portal/
End User Siebel Plumtree MS-Office IE
Application
Content Documentum FileNet SharePoint Interwoven Vignette
Management
App BEA IBM
Server WebLogic WebSphere
RDBMS
Oracle DB2 SQLServer
Operating
Windows Unix Mac Linux
System

Open Source
is an Enterprise Stack
Portal/
End User SharePoint Plumtree MS-Office Silverlight IE
Application
Content Documentum FileNet SharePoint Interwoven Vignette
Management
App BEA IBM
Server WebLogic WebSphere
RDBMS
Oracle DB2 SQLServer
Operating
Windows Unix Mac Linux
System

What is the Open Source
Barometer?
● Largest Open Source Enterprise Stack survey
● 25,163 respondents from the 74,000 Alfresco Content
Community members
● Information gathered from April to September 2008 for
the Open Source Barometer, Edition III
● www.alfresco.com

What topics does the Open
Source Barometer address?
● How and where is Open Source used in the Global 5000 Enterprise
Stack?
● Is it a Pure or Hybrid Stack?
● Is there on Leading Player in each part of the Stack?
● Does Usage differ from Evaluation to Deployment?
● Does Usage differ by Geography?
● What are the Trends over Time?
● What are the impacts of Enterprise 2.0 technologies and
SharePoint? – new to OSB III

What questions are new
in the OSB III?
● Portal
● Collaboration – Blog
● Collaboration – Wiki
● Business Process Management (BPM)
● Business Intelligence (BI)
● Architecture
● Rich Internet Application (RIA)
● Operating System and Application Server (as in previous surveys)

Largest Open Source
Enterprise Stack Survey
Opt-In Survey Total 74,000
Supplementary Drilldown Surveys
OSB III Survey April to September 2008 – 25,163

Operating System
For Open Source Evaluation Windows is Used Most Often

Operating System
Windows
XP and 2003 still dominant
Slow adoption of Vista
Open Source community not moving to Vista

Architecture
Open Source developers use a Java Architecture
N.B. Other and Blank not used in this graph

Rich Internet Application (RIA)
Open Source Community prefer AJAX, Flex
N.B. Other and Blank not used in this graph

Windows Segment Analysis
Architecture
86% of Open Source Windows respondents do not use
.NET/Web Parts
Open Source Windows Community want Java
N.B. Other and Blank not used in this graph

Windows Segment Analysis
RIA
92% of Open Source Windows respondents do NOT use
Silverlight
Open Source Windows Community want AJAX
N.B. Blank and Other not used in this graph

Portal
Open Source enterprise users want Browser experience
to access content
Reflects Web 2.0 experience which is Browser-driven
N.B. Other and Blank not used in this graph

Blog
Open Source ECM users have no dominant choice for Blog software
ECM stack users use ECM suite Blog for integrated ECM
If Open Source users that have a preference, WordPress is the Choice
N.B. Blank not used in this graph

Wiki
Open Source ECM users have no dominant choice of Wiki software
ECM stack users use ECM suite Wiki for Integrated ECM
If Open Source users that have a preference, Mediawiki is the choice
N.B. Blank not used in this graph

Business Process Management
Open Source ECM users have no dominant choice of BPM software
ECM stack users use ECM suite BPM/Workflow for Integrated
Lifecycle Management
If Open Source users that have a preference, JBoss is the choice
N.B. Blank not used in this graph

Business Intelligence
Open Source ECM users have no dominant choice of BI software
ECM stack users use ECM reporting or Excel for analysis
If Open Source users that have a preference, BO is the choice
N.B. Blank not used in this graph

Operating System
Evaluation and Deployment
Users evaluate on Windows and deploy on Linux
Open Source infrastructure for Open Source community
N.B. Follow-up Survey to Community Members via website

Operating System
Choice of Linux
Ubuntu and Red Hat clear Linux leaders

Application Server
Tomcat is used most often
If preference is for an Application Server then choice is JBoss
Open Source infrastructure for Open Source community
N.B. Other, none and blank not used in this graph

Geographic Analysis
Open Source has a “Long Tail”
US Largest Individual Country
Long Tail – over 180 Countries
Europe 2.5 x the volume of respondents of US

Key Findings:
Microsoft Stack Adoption
Open Source Windows users:
● 92% have not selected Silverlight
● 86% have not selected .NET/Web Parts
● 53% use or intend to use a Java Architecture
● 52% use or intend to use AJAX

Key Findings:
Impact Enterprise 2.0
● Open Source users want a Browser experience to access content
● Reflects Web 2.0 – Browser Experience Driven
● Open Source ECM drives decision for Blog, Wiki and BPM in ECM
environment
● If there is a preference – WordPress, MediaWiki or JBoss

Key Findings:
Open Source Infrastructure
More of the same:
● Red Hat and Ubuntu continue to Lead on Linux
● Windows Users Continue to choose XP and Windows Server 2003
● Low Vista Adoption
● Tomcat continues to dominate with JBoss as Application Server
Leader

Key Findings:
Summary
● Open Source users want a Open Stack
● Java is still the dominant infrastructure choice
● Open Source has a \"Long Tail\"
● USA is the leading country
● Europe France, Germany, Spain, Italy, UK
● India
● In an Open Source ECM Environment Integration Influences Blog,
Wiki, BPM and BI

How do I get more
Information?
www.opensourcebarometer.org

The Open Source Barometer, Edition III
Backup Slides
Dr. Ian Howells
CMO, Alfresco Software
November, 2008

Summary of Second Open
Source Barometer
● Operating Systems ● Mixed stack
● Evaluate on Laptop
● Evaluate on Windows and deploy on Linux ● Clear Open Source leader at each
● Red Hat and Ubuntu Gainers level in stack
● Application Servers ● Open Source has a \"Long Tail\"
● Strong preference for Tomcat or JBoss
● Databases
● USA is the leading country
● Test and deploy on MySQL
● Leading European countries
● Oracle and SQL
● France, Germany, Spain, Italy, UK
● Browsers and Portals
● Firefox most popular ● Microsoft partnership can have impact
● Portal Liferay or JBoss on Open Source community
momentum
● Office
● MS-Office
● VM
● VMware