Study finds open source key to European ICT competitiveness

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 17, 2007 8:36 PM EDT
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eHealth News Portal is presenting a news article named "Study finds open source key to European ICT competitiveness" which underline the economic impact of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) on the European information and communication technologies (ICT). The mentioned study report also says that increasing the use of FLOSS could provide a way for Europe to compensate for low ICT investment as a share of gross domestic product. "A growth and innovation simulation model shows that increasing the FLOSS share of software investment from 20% to 40% would lead to a 0.1% increase in annual EU GDP growth excluding benefits within the ICT industry itself - over €10 billion annually," it states.

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