Preliminary Results from the Open Source Census

OpenLogic released the preliminary results from their Open Source Census on Monday. The findings cited in the release include:

• Government and financial services companies show the highest use of open source per machine scanned.


• Europe shows the highest usage of open source, with the United States lagging behind.


• There is a significant amount of open source software used on Windows.

OSBR readers may remember OpenLogic from the licensing and support issues.

I find the last bullet interesting as I encourage the use of open source on any platform--in other words, meet the user where they are rather than force them to make a drastic change in operating system use. Some useful resources for introducing Windows users to open source applications include:

• OpenDisc


• OSSwin

And for Mac users:

• Open Source Mac


• FreeSMUG