Critiquing Claims of an Open Source Jobs Boom

Courtesy Slashdot: Linux  Thu, 07/24/2008 - 14:46

snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Bill Snyder examines what appears to be an open source job market boom, as evidenced by a recent O'Reilly Report.

According to the study, 5 to 15 percent of all IT openings call for open source software skills, and with overall IT job cuts expected for 2009, 'the recession may be pushing budget-strapped IT execs to examine low-cost alternatives to commercial software,' Snyder writes.

But are enterprises truly shifting to open source, or are they simply seeking...

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