[Osia-members] Stats on Free Software?

[Paul Foxworthy]

A Gartner survey of 547 IT leaders in 11 countries conducted in 2011
found over half were using open source in their organizations. I
venture to suggest that many of the remaining organizations were also
using open source, but senior people weren't aware of it.

See http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/1541414 .

Regards

Paul Foxworthy

On 4 April 2014 14:27, Daniel Jitnah <djitnah at greenwareit.com.au> wrote:
> I would very much wish there were more statistics and data on Open
> Source usage in Australia!!  The last comprehensive stats from what  I
> can recall are from the 2008 Waugh Partners report/survey - not exactly
> upto date!
>
> OSIA conducted a Member Survey last year, but really the data collected
> were not "statistical".  (It was more about attitudes and opinions than
> usage, and for OSIA's consumption.  However some usage data may possibly
> be extracted from the responses? ).
>
> Linux Australia also had a recent survey, but again I don't recall it
> having open source usage focus?
>
> It is something I was actually thinking about only a few days ago.  As
> you (Brendan) said, it is not an easy thing to collect systematically
> and reliably!  It really on depends what is being sought for.
>
> Perhaps the person who is interested may get in touch with me directly?
>
> Regards
> Daniel.
>
>
> On 04/04/14 12:32, Brendan Scott wrote:
>> I have been asked:
>>
>>> Do you know where I could get some upto date statistics on used of
>>> free software in Australia?
>>
>> I said I wasn't aware of anyone collecting these statistics, and that
>> the question itself is hard to interpret (eg all Android devices have
>> free software on them).
>>
>> If anyone has any further thoughts or information sources I will pass
>> them on.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Brendan
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