Public sector embraces open source
A snapshot survey organised by Kable and sponsored by Red Hat shows that just over a third of respondents are actually using open source, and close to another third are giving it consideration in their plans for the future.
The results indicate a growing confidence in the technology, in which the source code of the programme is freely available for use or modification. Its champions have argued that it provides a more economical approach in the long term than using proprietary operating systems and software.
In a poll that drew 182 responses from all areas of the public sector, 35 percent said open source was already in partial or widespread use in their organisations. Meanwhile, 14 percent said they were considering its use, nine percent were testing the options and three percent evaluating the options.
It still has to make an impact on many organisations, however, with 34 percent saying it was not in use.
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