Is Open Source Different In Europe Than In the US?

An anonymous reader writes "The first Europe Open Source Think Tank just concluded and Larry Augustin posted some interesting observations on open source in Europe versus the US. Essentially, he says that users in Europe care more about the open source nature of a product than do US users. US users are just trying to save a buck while European users actually care about access to the source code. Do Slashdot readers observe the same thing? Are the reasons for using open source software different in other parts of the world as well?"

Comments

Re:For shame

[Xtravar]

Medicare - gotta be over 65!

GET OLDER

Medicaid - heaven help me if I earn over USD 15,907 and live in NY State with wife and three kids - too much income!

MOVE

SCHIP - be careful, you might earn too much (greater than ca. 3.5 x the poverty level) and then your access would be severely cut.

STOP EARNING MONEY

Re:For shame

[oldhack]

Europeans can have such quality of life because the US has been carrying the Europe for decades, doing most of the tough and dirty works. It's not easy being a super power.

I like many things European, but I find some of the blind Euro-worship nauseating.