OFE Update - Will Open Source become next major disruptive technology ?

At the OS round table event “The Fuel for Innovation” held in London to examine the successes and failures of Open Source and identify what makes open source successful and how it is poised to influence its disruptive force over the next decade. The main focus being the current and future consequences of open source; as seen in changes in technology and its development processes, in distribution and supply chains, and in business and industry economics.

--Mark Shuttleworth – Canonical “We can't take for granted the volunteers, there is small group of core people motivated to do interesting things”.
--John Powell – Alfresco “Cloud computing will have a major impact on OS businesses relying premises sales”
--Bob Sutor – IBM “Business users perception of risk holds back OSS procurement”