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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. -
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
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