[Osia-members] Stats on Free Software?

[Brendan Scott]

Thanks for the responses.  I have send them on.

Regards


Brendan

On 04/09/2014 12:14 PM, Ryan Cross wrote:
> Just came across this article which might be relevant
> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/07/open-source-software-cost-recruiting-participation
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> It refers to a recent industry survey as well.
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> Ryan Cross
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> On 4 April 2014 18:31, Paul Foxworthy <paul at cohsoft.com.au> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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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