Thousands of organizations have found open source to be highly reliable, secure, and cost-effective. In addition, leading companies are standardizing on the open source LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) because of its lower cost, greater efficiency, and freedom from platform lock-in.
Today, you no longer have to trade off support and stability to get the benefits of open source. Second generation open source companies provide:

• Commercial support
• Training and consulting
• Responsibility for product roadmap
• Clear ownership of intellectual property (IP)
• Large number of third-party tools
• Best practices resources available to ensure your success