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[News] [OSS] Studies and Figures on the Fast Growth of Open Source Software

Gartner joins squabble over the definition of open source

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| A recent Gartner survey shows that open source software has penetrated
| the IT environments of many Asia Pacific organisations.
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| It found that 57 percent are currently using open source software, 
| and for those organisations it represented approximately 26 percent
| of their overall software portfolios.
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| It primarily substitutes for commercial server and desktop operating
| systems, database management and network and system management tools.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;575210109

The State of Open Source Business

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| Asay noted that there has been $2 billion in open source investments
| since 1997, and he cited research that reported that high-quality
| open source software would cost $16 billion to replicate.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3677926

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