[ Thanks to David A.
Wheeler for this link. ]
From the author:
A new version of the article Why Open Source Software/Free
Software? Look at the Numbers! has been released. This paper
provides quantitative data that, in many cases, open source
software/free software is equal to or superior to their proprietary
competition.
This new version adds many various improvements, including a
link to a Japanese translation, updated Apache market share
information, new server market share information from IDC, an
English translation of key findings from a Japanese survey of use
and support of GNU/Linux, an expanded discussion on OSS/FS client
systems, the recent TPC-C database measures that found that a Linux
based system was faster than a Windows 2000 based system, a
discussion of VNUnet.com’s article claiming that there are more
Linux bugs, eWeek Labs analysis of security vulnerability response
times, a quote from Merrill Lynch executive Robert Lefkowitz
describing the meaning of free, The Robert Frances Group’s July
2002 study that found the TCO of GNU/Linux is roughly 40% (less
than half) that of Microsoft Windows and only 14% that of Sun
Microsystem’s Solaris for web serving, and the results of a survey
of InternetWeek Newsbreak subscribers on OSS/FS costs.
Related Story:
Wheeler:
Why Open Source Software/Free Software? Look at the Numbers!
(Apr 20, 2002)