div class=weblinks weblinks-item weblinks-link-10118 div class=weblinks-body pFree and open source software is on a tear, despite -- or perhaps due to -- the global economic recession. In fact, IDC has raised its forecast for open source three times in the last year -- at a time when elsewhere it's lowering forecasts more rapidly than that, noted Michael Fauscette, group vice president for the research firm's software business solutions division. More stories of growth can be seen in other FOSS vendors as well -- including SugarCRM and Vyatta, to name just two -- even as their counterparts in other sectors have begun to hemorrhage./p /div!--class=weblinks-body-- /div!--class=weblinks weblinks-item weblinks-link-10118--

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