Sixty-three percent of organizations that have open source program offices said those programs are very or extremely business-critical to the success of their engineering and product teams, according to a new survey from The New Stack, Linux Foundation Research, and the TODO Group.
That figure is up from 54% in 2020, indicating a growing awareness of the benefits of open source program offices (OSPOs) among participants in the annual survey.
The funding outlook for such programs also appears ready for an upswing: Fifty-one percent of respondents said an increase in financial support for open source initiatives at their organizations is very or somewhat likely to increase this fiscal year in light of macroeconomic conditions. Only 38% said the same in last year’s report.
Telecommunications and technology companies were most likely to have or to be planning OSPOs in 2021, according to the survey results, and healthcare organizations the least likely. However, an analysis of the survey’s historical data by Lawrence Hecht, the New Stack’s research director, showed that interest in government and educational institutions (specifically, universities) has become stronger as compared to other industries.
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