"The tools market is dead. Open source killed it. The only commercial tools that can survive today are the ones that leapfrog open source tools." Thus argues John De Goes, president of N-BRAIN, which creates and provides UNA, a source code editor.

Open source is being increasingly adopted by enterprises as low-cost solutions for a variety of technical needs. This story highlights eight developing open source projects that are worth watching.

During the current economic downturn, enterprises are increasingly adopting open source systems due to their significant cost advantages and their liberal license policies. Below are 10 questions you can ask to evaluate open source maturity.

With the current economic recession, open source software is a route that some enterprise developers are increasingly considering as a lower-cost alterative to proprietary solutions. However, one of the potential issues with open source software adoption is license compliance—ensuring that developers and enterprises are not in violation with a particular license.

Last week, Microsoft showed off some browser technology that could help Internet Explorer leapfrog the competition. But if Mozilla succeeds in its hope, Microsoft could be playing catch-up instead.

Given the momentum behind open source, and how it has grown through the economic downturn, it's not surprising that an increasing array of vendors is getting involved to commercialize open-source projects.

Linux and related open-source software has gained an increasingly important role among large local corporations in Brazil, according to a recent study.

Open source icon Stormy Peters says enterprises have embraced open software, but often need help with troubleshooting it

Sun Microsystems has lost a key individual responsible for getting its aspiring open-source software included in leading Linux distributions.