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Penguin Not Taking Flight Down Under
Bill Bennett writes "New Zealand Reseller News reports that Linux adoption down under is three times lower than North America. From the article: 'Adoption of open source software is slow in the Australasian region according to a report from analyst firm Forrester. Only 18% of the businesses in Australia and New Zealand surveyed for the report were using Linux, while 11% were considering its use. Analyst Sam Higgins says the low rate - three times lower than North America - is because open source is caught between two worlds. He says customers have been conditioned to buy software from vendors and their approved partners.'"
That's because in Australia organisations that do surveys do so in a way that doesn't represent the demographics. I know of 5 companies that were not surveyed which use Linux for various purposes.
like once a week there is a story about some weird ass thing that australia is doing. To me it seems like australia is just a wannabe of the american south. I cant really give any examples cause im to dumb to remember them, but i read storys about how the australian government is doing something stupid all the time. Can we have a story about how australia is better than the rest of the world? Cause i know my view of australians as a bunch of crocadile dundee's must be wrong, but im not seeing any evidence contrary. please educate me. (or flame i guess)
Brits always say that those down under countries are 20 years behind modern times. Wonder if this is relevant.
TUX is white, black and yellow. The Aussies would prefer an all-white mascot.