Dignitaries from the open source arena pondered the paradigm's future at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, anticipating even greater ubiquity.
Executives from companies such as SpikeSource and Ingres offered, as would be expected, a rosy outlook for open source during a panel session entitled, "The Future of Open Source: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
"I think open source will increasingly be part of the mainstream software business," said Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource. "Open source is going to be a primary component of any successful software company going forward," she said.