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[News] Study Shows That Free Software is Winning in Businesses

  • Subject: [News] Study Shows That Free Software is Winning in Businesses
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:32:13 +0100
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Study: Open-Source Making Significant Traction in the Enterprise

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| The survey reflects a pattern that's best 
| illustrated by Red Hat's most recent 
| financial results. In the past year, its 
| revenues were up 20%. All parts of its 
| business are showing growth, with 
| particular strength in middleware. The 
| company signed the largest deal in its 
| history during the last quarter. According 
| to Datamation, Red Hat renewed all of its 
| top 25 deals during the quarter at over 
| 120% of their original value.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2010/06/study-open-source-making-signi.php

Local Open Source Industry Poised For Double-digit Growth This Year

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| He said MSC status companies in the open 
| source industry generated a local revenue 
| of over RM595 million, export revenue over 
| RM234 million and employed 6,206 ICT-
| knowledged workers.
| 
| "Malaysia welcomed the open source trend 
| as a means of enhancing our national 
| technological competitiveness by giving 
| local industries freedom of choice in 
| software usage," he told a press 
| conference after opening the MSC Malaysia 
| Open Source Conference 2010 here Tuesday.
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http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsbusiness.php?id=509488


Related:

China's Linux market sees massive growth

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| SALES REVENUE in the Chinese Linux market shot through the bamboo roof during
| the first three quarters of 2008, up 17 per cent year-on-year, only to slow
| down a bit in the last quarter due to the slowing economic climate.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/975/1049975/china-s-linux-market-sees-massive-growth
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