European Union Researches the Benefits of Open Source Software (O'Reilly Network)

O'Reilly reports on the research project "Free/Libre and Open Source Software: Survey and Study", funded by the European Union, which explores the reasons behind the widespread use and support of free software. "This is, to my knowledge, the first large-scale, rigorous study concerning any aspect of free software. It involves interviews with thousands of developers and hundreds of businesses, with carefully-chosen questions and a correlation of results."

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