Published at LXer:

More than three quarters of all UK colleges and universities consider open source options when engaging in IT procurement exercises, says a report published today. [Be sure to follow the link to the survey itself and at least read the "Executive Summary". -- grouch] The responses indicate that, saving on the total cost of ownership is, for desktops as for servers, the most important reason to use OSS on desktops. This was also indicated as the most important reason in the 2003 survey. Being locked in was not mentioned as an issue in 2003, but in 2006 the majority (73%) indicated that they chose OSS for that reason either on their desktops or on their servers or on both. Ideology is not an important factor for respondents, although a third of them indicated that it played a role. -- from OSS Watch Survey 2006: Executive Summary

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