It’s a safe assumption that almost all large organizations worldwide are running at least some OSS. From operating systems to web servers to databases to programming languages to Kubernetes—there’s an open source project for almost everything. 

With the popularity of OSS comes a significant set of concerns for enterprise IT executives, decision-makers and developers. Given the pace of OSS adoption, we wanted to investigate its use in the enterprise further. This survey was designed to dig deeper on OSS usage, including what types of OSS companies choose and why, what they like, and what the challenges are. 

In particular, our goal was to understand challenges and opportunities in two critical areas: OSS packaging and security. Enterprises haven’t settled on the tools and processes necessary to package and secure OSS in production, and the OSS supply chain remains a critical security risk that must be taken seriously. 

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