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Follow on Google News | Open Source Census Reveals Trends, 275,000+, Installations of Open Source Software FoundOpen Source Census Officials Present Status Update of The Census at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
By: OpenLogic Kim Weins, senior vice president of products and marketing at OpenLogic, presented a status of the Census results Wednesday before the 9:00 a.m. Oracle keynote at LinuxWorld. Firefox ranked as the most installed open source project. Zlib, Xerces, Xalan, and Wget are the second, third, fourth, and fifth, respectively. Participants span a wide variety of company sizes, geographies, and industries. Main themes found by The Open Source Census revealed in today's presentation are: -- Ubuntu (45%) and Debian (14%) are the most used Linux distributions among participants with Linux machines -- More than half of the open source software found has been on Windows machines -- The number of unique installed open source packages ranged from 22-62 per machine The Open Source Census also found data that is contrary to common held ideas regarding the popularity of various open source projects: -- Ruby, PHP and Python each were on 29% of machines, while Perl (45%) is the most common open source development language -- Hsqldb (45%) is the most common database, most likely because it is bundled as the default DB with many open source software components; MySQL (27%) is twice as common as Postgres (12%) -- More than 65% of participants are located outside of the United States To view the electronic presentation, please visit http://www.slideshare.net/ To participate in the Census, visit www.osscensus.org. About The Open Source Census: The Open Source Census is a global, collaborative project to collect and share quantitative data on the use of open source software in enterprise. Founded by OpenLogic, the Open Source Census has a number of sponsors including OpenLogic and IDC. The Open Source Census initiative has open source tools designed to scan individual enterprise computers for all installed open source software. The results of these scans can then be contributed anonymously to the Open Source Census, where the aggregate data is published. About OpenLogic: OpenLogic is a leading provider of open source solutions that enable enterprises to safely acquire, support, and control open source software. OpenLogic provides enterprises with a certified library of open source software that encompasses hundreds of the most popular open source packages via OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX), a free web site where companies can find, research, and download certified, enterprise-ready open source packages on demand. With the broadest open source coverage in the industry, OpenLogic offers indemnification; Embedded Video Available: http://www2.marketwire.com/ For media inquiries, please contact: Bret Clement Page One PR 303.462.3057 bret@pageonepr.com SOURCE: OpenLogic End
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