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  • Roughly
    half (49%) of local government authorities report some intentional
    use of FLOSS. However, a large additional population (29%) reports
    using FLOSS software, such as GNU/Linux, MySQL or Apache, but are
    unaware that these are FLOSS.
  • Within
    organisations, partial use on servers dominates (40%) followed by
    partial use on desktops (16%). 20% experiment in pilot projects.
    Complete use is very rare, whether on desktop or server.
  • Roughly
    half (49%) of local government authorities report some intentional
    use of FLOSS. However, a large additional population (29%) reports
    using FLOSS software, such as GNU/Linux, MySQL or Apache, but are
    unaware that these are FLOSS.
  • Within
    organisations, partial use on servers dominates (40%) followed by
    partial use on desktops (16%). 20% experiment in pilot projects.
    Complete use is very rare, whether on desktop or server.
  • Demand exists: 70% of FLOSS
    users and 38% of non-users want to increase FLOSS use. Awareness of
    FLOSS leads to increased willingness to use it regardless of current
    use/non-use.

  • More than a fifth of those
    wanting to increase FLOSS use want a complete migration to
    FLOSS.

  • Perceived advantages of FLOSS
    include: customisation and the ability to combine it with existing
    proprietary systems. Barriers perceived by non-users include
    cost of training and being the first among peer organisations to
    adopt FLOSS. The experience of current users leads them not to see
    such barriers, and to appreciate the advantages more strongly than
    non-users.

  • Organisations valuing
    interoperability are much more likely to increase FLOSS use.
  • For non-users, who are more
    likely to use external maintenance services, a sense of vendor
    dependency and the need to customise software are strong drivers to
    future FLOSS use.
  • Small budgets lead to “unaware”

    FLOSS use rather than intentional use or non-use of FLOSS.

  • Licence fees account for 20% of
    IT budgets. Half of all respondents find this too high. This
    perception leads to increased future FLOSS use, especially among
    current non-users.
  • FLOSS users administer 35% more
    PCs per IT administrator than non-users – FLOSS use appears to
    reduce administrator workload per PC, and IT departments with high
    workloads are more likely to want a future increase in FLOSS use.

forras: FLOSSPOLS Deliverable D3: Results from the local governments survey