[Osia-members] Stats on Free Software?

[Ryan Cross]

Just came across this article which might be relevant
http://readwrite.com/2014/04/07/open-source-software-cost-recruiting-participation

It refers to a recent industry survey as well.


Ryan Cross
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On 4 April 2014 18:31, Paul Foxworthy <paul at cohsoft.com.au> wrote:

> 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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