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Corporate IT Update, April 19, 2005
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Western European companies have a high adoption rate of open source software, according to a recent survey from market intelligence and advisory firm IDC.
Use of open source software was found to be particularly high in databases and operating systems, with one-third of respondents reporting "significant live use" of open source databases.
The findings suggest that open source offerings are having a significant impact on this specific software market, taking market share from proprietary commercial products, says IDC.
The survey questioned 625 medium-size and large companies across Western Europe during March 2005.
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