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Re: [News] Open Source Has Grown Into ~44-Billion Dollar Monster in Europe

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Source of the revolution
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | According to Ghosh, the notional value of Europe's investment in
> | free/libre or open source software (FLOSS) today is e22bn,
> | representing 20.5pc of the region's total software investment.
> | Spending on OSS stands at e36bn and accounts for 20pc of software
> | expenditure in the US.
> `----
> 
> http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single8105
> 
> Not as small as Microsoft PR would like you to believe...

At 36b its almost as much as Microsoft's /entire/ annual revenue.


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