Where's Perl mentioned in all of this? All I could find were quotes that sounded like they won the "In 500 words or more, say absolutely nothing" contest. Seriously though, I start to wonder when I read something like the following:

Open-source software quietly moved into the enterprise, embraced by data center managers who were able to grasp the value of cheap, malleable software for running discrete servers.

Anyone else feel like their brain cell count has just dropped dramatically? Why can't they just say this is what open source software is, this is how it can help your business. Instead they have paragraphs like the above, and then proceed to mindlessly drop the names of open source projects left and right. Short of creating buzzwords, this doesn't accomplish anything.

Update: Found the bit about Perl, under Web Development:

On the Web development side, there is a similar amount of options and a similar success story, in this case Larry Wall's Perl. Perl actually predates the Web and was built to be a highly portable language ideal for many simple tasks. Developers found it handy for scripting pages and handling tasks such as database access. Despite many challengers, Perl is still heavily used on the Web today.

Other than perpetuating myths about Perl's uses, that doesn't say much either.