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Article: Federal Government Votes for Open Source.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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Study Identifies Open Source Security Perception Divide, Data Center Consolidation Key Migration Opportunity
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Open Source Alliance, an organization devoted to open source education, today announced the results of its "Federal Open Source Referendum" study, the first annual report designed to identify current open source adoption rates and trends in the Federal market. The study reveals Feds' increasing appetite for open source - 71 percent of respondents note that their agency can benefit from open source. Similar to the state government market1, Feds view data center consolidation as accelerating open source transition - 58 percent of ...