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Businessman Looses Cool Before Meeting Linux Based Web Servers Beats Windows Based Web Servers
Jun 20

59% of German Companies Use Open Source Software

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German businesses are world leaders in the use of open source at 59%, followed by Great Britain at 48% and US/Canada at 38%. The study was conducted by business intelligence specialists at Actuate.

“The study therefore concluded that Open Source has become a strategic issue for many companies. It also helped that more than 70 percent of those surveyed see open software as the preferred option when new software is rolled out”

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