Wednesday, April 4, 2007

The open source attitude - USA & Canada

The open source attitude - USA & Canada

By Vawn Himmelsbach, 4/2/2007

In the first of a three-part series, this article from IT Business Canada offers a comparative look at how firms in the U.S. and Canada decide which software model works for their enterprises

Because of differences in the two markets, what works south of the border (USA) may not work in Canada, at least in some respects, according to Michael O'Neil, managing director of Info-Tech Indaba. In a survey of 1,180 respondents in the U.S. and 557 in Canada, the research firm found that, in general, Canadians are more likely to leave the door open for open source software (OSS) than their American counterparts – though only a small few in either country would be willing to rule it out completely.

Read the full report and details from here @ IT Business Canada

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