Opportunity for Open Source ERP?

The Register had an interesting article today, from Quocirca's Sharon Crawford, about a recent high merger and acquisitions activities of traditional ERP suppliers.

It does not mention the possibility of considering an OS solutions, which, as an IT director, I certainly would.

But it does make some very interesting remarks:

"If you think your supplier is ripe for takeover, or if it has already been bought, you might be considering a change to another supplier"

Although it continued to mention only big vendors, it says later:

"There must be a well-defined product roadmap and it is important you can see and influence the continued development plans."

I totally agree with that, and I believe those are two strong arguments for considering an Open Source solution.