A lot of people would not have imagined such a destiny for the Open Source. But nowadays, everyone has to acknowledge that finally Open Source is really a sustainable trend.
Some figures- We can prove the success of Open Source with figures: in 2009, 1/3 of Netbooks were sold with Linux inside, Android has reached 27% of the American Mobile Phone Market, and Symbian is falling into Open Source... Only a few people would have predicted that this would occur.
Then, if we look at the professional marketplace, Open Source products have got a success too. For example, MySQL is the most used database.
Some contrasts between America and Europe- We can notice different adoption rates according to the country. Indeed, it seems that the US and Canada are a little reluctant to adopt Open Source solutions whereas within Europe, in Germany and France above all, businesses would be more willing to adopt it. However, the administrations are willing to turn to Open Source in order to reduce costs- even President Obama has involved in let Open Source technologies in his Federal Government.
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