On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo@ict.go.ke> wrote:
Listers Just leafing through an extract of the IDC's World Wide Software Forecast 2010-14 Summary report. www.idc.com The Worldwide Packaged Software Market was USD 273 Billiion in 2009. Made up of
Application development and deployment 64,575 Million USD Applications 129,838 Million USD Systems Infrastructure software 78,068 Million USD
Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Symantec, HP, CA. EMC Adobe and Fujistu are the leading vendors. Conclusion from our reading this report:
Certain global company technologies dominate and the ability to develop and deploy solutions on top of these technologies can greatly enhance a country's overall ICT competitiveness.
Widespread FOSS adoption would enhance ICT competitiveness even more than deploying proprietary systems. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel