Every year, open-source software “eats” more of the business world.

Back in 2010, roughly 42 percent of the respondents to North Bridge and Black Duck Software’s annual future of open source survey said they used open source to run their business or in their IT environment. This year, it’s 78 percent.

“Open source has solidified its position as the default base for software development,” said Paul Santinelli, general partner at North Bridge. “It is infiltrating almost every facet of the modern enterprise.”

Black Duck and North Bridge on Thursday released the 2015 results of the survey, which is now in its ninth year. Included are the responses of some 1,300 IT and business professionals across industries.

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