Comments on: PLM 2010: Game changers

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:11:07 +0000

Samuel, Business trends… this is interesting turn. I will think about it … Oleg

By: Samuel

Samuel — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:08:36 +0000

Good to hear what you see as PLM technology trends. Have you also posted on PLM business trends. Like ‘globalization’, ‘outside-in’ development, etc?

By: Peter Schroer

Peter Schroer — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:02:29 +0000

Open source is already morphing! Can you imagine 5 years ago talking about open source and Microsoft in the same sentence? In the past, open source meant you had to have source code all the way down to the firmware on the chips, and it was primarily academic users. Your prediction of hybrid models is a reality. Now we see Commercial users are running open source business applications on top of the Microsoft stack. These users neither need nor want the source code for the whole stack.
I think the hybrid model is here to stay.

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:48:12 +0000

Peter, Your point about influencing model is very interesting. Do you see Open Source will morph to something different in the future? Do you see any trend toward hybrid models? – Thanks.Oleg

By: Peter Schroer

Peter Schroer — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:24:07 +0000

Oleg, thanks for another interesting post. Always good to step back and think over the trends. We’ve been distributing open source PLM for nearly 3 years, and while the growth rate in downloads has always been very good, the download rate accelerated 2x at the beginning of the economic crisis (about Nov-2008). You are 100% right that this crisis is deep and broad enough to force some ‘game changing’ thinking in the PLM industry.
What I find interesting is that even the ‘open source’ model is under change. The new adopters are influencing the model to suit their business needs, and the final result will somehow combine typical Microsoft Office / SharePoint on-site software and Cloud Services together.

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:26:24 +0000

Tom, interesting statistic on open source in CNet announcement – Up to 24 percent of software purchases now open source. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10238426-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
I don’t know how this number is accurate but trend is clear. -Oleg.

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:21:38 +0000

Tom,
I don’t know when Open Source will reach the leading edge. This is not about technology in my view, but more related to business model and overall environment – means how many other Open Source vendors are around.
My prediction is that Open Source have potential to become “game changer” in current product/technology landscape. – Oleg.

By: Tom Gill

Tom Gill — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:31:44 +0000

Hi Oleg,

Could you elaborate on when you think Open Source will reach the leading edge of the PLM Software market?

Also, I’ve seen several articles on companies dropping software maintenance on licenses to reduce expenses. Since most vendors charge a penalty to reinstate the licenses, what impact do you think this might have? Do you think the “game changer” will come from an existing player?

Tom Gill