The cloud could drive open source out of the enterprise

Posted October 9, 2017

For a decade, there’s a question that just won’t go away: Is the cloud killing open source? It still strikes up some emotions.

Open source software has been the backbone of enterprise platforms for a long time—remember the LAMP stack of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl? But consuming open source software via the cloud could change open source’s enterprise footprint.

‘Free’ open source is not cheaper

First of all, open source’s no-cost attribute means less in the cloud. Public cloud providers will charge you for the time you use their cloud to access open source software—or any software.

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For a decade, there’s a question that just won’t go away: Is the cloud killing open source? It still strikes up some emotions.

‘Free’ open source is not cheaper

First of all, open source’s no-cost attribute means less in the cloud. Public cloud providers will charge you for the time you use their cloud to access open source software—or any software.

To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Gavin Duvall