Asia Stays Practical About Open Source

[ Thanks to Geoffery for this link. ]

"Companies in the Asia-Pacific region are warming up to open source software for practical rather than religious reasons.

"According to a recent IDC study, businesses in Australia, China, India and Korea reported that 25 percent to 70 percent of their software assets are based on open source. Conducted by IDC between February and March this year, the study involved top executives from about 1,000 companies of all sizes..."

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