Published at LXer:

The open source software phenomenon has spread far beyond Linux and is gaining enormous momentum, according to an IDC study of over 5,000 developers in 116 countries, representing 38 developer networks. The analysts found open source software being used by 71 percent of the developers in the world and in production at 54 percent of their organizations. Half of the global developers claim that the use of open source is increasing in their organizations. [Looks like seven trucks and all those "partners" are not enough to compete with real savings and quality. -- grouch]

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