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Will Open Source Support Providers Ride a Government Gravy Train?

We've recently written about potentially far-reaching moves by the U.S. government to switch significant parts of its internal software infrastructure to open source. First, the news came out that Whitehouse.gov is now based on the open source Drupal content management system (which OStatic runs on too), then the U.S. Department of Defense announced its plans to move to open source software components and platforms.

When the news broke about Whitehouse.gov and Drupal (and the Obama administration has indicated intent to run other government sites with Drupal), my first thought was that Acquia, which provides commercial support for Drupal, might see some valuable support contracts from the government. InfoWorld's Savio Rodrigues takes the idea one step further, though, and I'm inclined to agree with him.



Survey on Enterprise Open Source Usage Shows Disdain for Lock-In

OpenLogic, which provides support, compliance and other services for many enterprise open source software solutions, is out with the results of a survey of 118 enterprise IT and development executives. Among the trends found among respondents, they increasingly say they don't want single vendor lock-in from commercial open source software providers, and there are increasingly signs that they don't want to pay subscription prices for critical features, but do want support.


Credativ Offers Support for Virtually Any Open Source App or Platform

Ask some IT managers and business owners why they don't adopt open source software, and a common answer will be lack of support. Many projects don't offer formal support, relying on wikis and forums for answering questions. That's why it's big news that Credativ, Europe's largest service and support company focused on open source, is expanding its operations in the United States. Its Open Source Support Center is positioned as a one-stop shop for support for almost all significant open source applications and platforms, including the many flavors of Linux distros, development languages, and databases. Can one provider really pull off efficient support across the whole landscape of open source software?


Linux Foundation Welcomes credativ, Strengthens Presence in Europe

The Linux Foundation welcomed its newest member today, the European-based free and open source standards consulting firm, credativ. This new partnership is a particularly exciting one, thanks to credativ's presence in the United Kingdom, Germany and Canada, and its focus on creating and implementing standards.

Naturally, credativ's business -- providing consulting and support services to businesses using free and open source software -- means it will take an active role in the Linux Standard Base workgroup. Because credativ is one of Europe's largest employers of Debian developers, the company also plans to participate in the Desktop Linux workgroup.