The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Fear of vendor lock-in is a top factor for moving to open source, up 68% this year compared to last year's report.

The popularity of open-source software continues to grow because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack of ...

Europe is moving towards OSS at a faster pace than US counterparts due to vendor lock-in concern (63% in EU and UK vs 51% in US) 60% of those working for large enterprises (5,000+ employees) spend 50% ...