Daily Research News: Open Source--The Outlook for 2004

"IT buyers expect spend on Open Source/Linux applications to grow by 2.8% in 2004, according to the NOP World Technology Confidence Barometer. Thirty per cent of organisations surveyed are using Open Source with a further 32% considering implementing it in the next 12 months.

"The majority (79%) of those who have implemented Open Source use it with their Infrastructure Servers. Other widespread uses are Workgroups (38%) and Desktops (37%)..."

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