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A recent survey of European companies shows that the majority now feel that the benefits of open source software outweigh the risks. In addition, the survey showed that firms in Europe are much more willing to try open source software due to the lower total cost of software ownership.
Following continental Europe, the UK came in [...]

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A new study released by O’Reilly Research shows that there are multiple reasons for the steady rise of open source software. The top six reasons include quality, cost, security, agility, scale, decreased vendor lock-in, and innovation.
Open source software has the ability to decrease vendor lock-in, allowing open source software users to avoid the dramatics of [...]

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The Open Solutions Alliance released information from their first annual survey, which questioned its members as well as other open source software companies. The Alliance officials report an overall feeling of “much optimism despite a murky economy.”
A reported 83% of survey participants noted a steady increase in revenue for open source software in 2008. A [...]

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There has been a lot of talk lately about the new types of open source software that has been developed in the last few years, but is it just that: talk. Is this software a good alternative or is it just a bunch of talk? I think it depends on what you are looking for [...]

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OpenLogic, a vendor of tools and services for managing open source software deployments, has created an automated census tool called OSS Discovery for use in a survey to measure the worldwide implementation of open source software.  Beginning on April 16, 2008, companies can use OSS Discovery to scan their computers and anonymously upload the data [...]

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