Recession <vs> GNU

The idea that software available at no cost will become popular in a recession is a no-brainer. But FOSS has many more advantages than simply being a cheaper way of building infrastructure. ``Not only is FOSS in general and Linux in particular well-supported, with billions of dollars of investment from top tier companies, but, unlike Windows, it is massively hedged, which means that it is available in every form from cheap notebooks through embedded systems to super computers.'', says Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation.

Peter Brown, executive director of the Free Software Foundation, suggests that the main concern for the FOSS community in 2009 could be funding for key projects. In hard times, donations are one of the first places where individuals and corporations alike are apt to cut back, so the possibility is very real that FOSS development may be slowed for lack of resources in 2009.

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Not only is Zeropoint.IT's infrastructure built out of FOSS for over 99%, we also have a very strong tendency of recommending FOSS to our customers and using Open Source components in everything we build. 2009 will be a great opportunity for us to show that this has been the right decision indeed. As far as the funding of Open Source projects is concerned, Zeropoint.IT is fully prepared to increase the effort we put into the community through upstream project commits and full time development effort for Dedomenon. Keep an eye on us!