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Reading through Morgan Stanley's January 6 report entitled "There Will Be Blood," it's hard to feel cheery about 2008. That is, unless you're an open-source company, in which case perhaps you're recession proof.
Perhaps.
But with Morgan Stanley projecting a pullback in IT spending in 2008, and especially for hardware, being open source, by itself, won't save a company.
Open-source companies should be hedging their bets by making sure they have money in the bank and lots of customers. In a downturn, it may well be easier for open-source companies to acquire new customers than their proprietary cousins, but this doesn't mean it will be easy. Having enough cash to weather the storm is critical.
As for tech, generally, the reasons for a bleak outlook are several:
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Author: Matt Asay Publish Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:36:00 GMT Read more...