Have we recovered from the dot.com crash?
I think that the tech/IT sector is recovering from the dot.com crash.
I am not making this determination from today's pop in the tech stock sector. In
talking with other IT consultants, it seems like business is picking up. I think
that companies are more realistic about IT spending - most realize (finally)
that IT spending only makes sense to cut costs and increase capability for the
long haul.
I think that Open Source software, while hurting some commercial vendors,
is generally making the state of the IT sector much healthier. I am a believer in a proper
mixture of Open Source and proprietary software - both have their places
and their own advantages. It is all about cost effectiveness - sometimes commercial products are more cost effective than Open Source software.
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