IT executives survey shows room for open source growth

Although Linux servers deployment growth has slowed, a survey published by Actuate and commented by Matt Asay suggest growth opportunity for Free and Open Source Software in the enterprise is still present, as only a fifth of the respondent considered their organisation highly familiar with Free and Open Source software.

What's interesting is what holds Free and Open Source software back: availability of long-term support; long-term maintenance concerns; and lack of in-house skills.

This survey is essentially focused on the US, but also includes data from UK and Germany.