How Big US Firms Use Open Source Software

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 22, 2012 @09:26AM from the filling-the-gaps-in-the-walls dept.

Diomidis Spinellis writes "We hear a lot about the adoption of open source software, but when I was asked to provide hard evidence there was little I could find. In a recent article we tried to fill this gap by examining the type of software the U.S. Fortune 1000 companies use in their web-facing operations. Our study shows that the adoption of OSS in large U.S. companies is significant and is increasing over time through a low-churn transition, advancing from applications to platforms, and influenced by network effects. The adoption is likelier in larger organizations and is associated with IT and knowledge-intensive work, operating efficiencies, and less productive employees. Yet, the results were not what I was expecting."

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Re:Well take a look at that by X0563511 · 2012-03-22 09:51 · Score: 0, Troll

I think your frosty machine is broken. It's spewing diarrhea all over the floor, instead of delicious icy goodness.

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