Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Open source usage: Europe vs. the USA
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> | Shockingly, the US financial sector seems to be WAY behind other
> | industries in using open source software. This is shocking because
> | a) I'm personally aware of significant open source use (at every
> | level, from OS to application) within every brand-name financial
> | services company you can think of, and b) if the report is
> | accurate it means that this use pales in comparison to Europe.
> | Regardless, the numbers look very good for open source. As for the
> | Proprietary Bloc...? Not so good.
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>http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/01/open_source_usa.html
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> This comes to show that countries outside the United States are
> moving toward independence, software-wise.
This is to be expected. The ethos over there is extremely capitalist
oriented; "if it's free then it must be rubbish - the more it costs
the better it is", etc. Whereas Europeans tend to be more forward
thinking. Just a generalisation, but if the profile fits ...
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