Zero cost primary driver for Open Source

Courtesy Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Mon, 07/28/2008 - 19:00

According to a survey conducted by the Open Solutions Alliance, the cost of free open source software is the primary reason for its adoption. 79% of the respondents cited this as the main reason for using FOSS.


 

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