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While fastidiously avoiding use of the F-word [i.e. freedom], the European Commission has published a very long report on the impact of open source software and hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the EU economy. Open hardware is also covered.
This study analyses the economic impact of Open Source Software (OSS) and Hardware (OSH) on the European economy. It was commissioned by the European Commission's DG CONNECT.
It is estimated that companies located in the EU invested around €1 billion in OSS in 2018, which resulted in an impact on the European economy of between €65 and €95 billion. The analysis estimates a cost-benefit ratio of above 1:4 and predicts that an increase of 10% of OSS contributions would annually generate an additional 0.4% to 0.6% GDP as well as more than 600 additional ICT start-ups in the EU. Case studies reveal that by procuring OSS instead of proprietary software, the public sector could reduce the total cost of ownership, avoid vendor lock-in and thus increase its digital autonomy. The study also contains an analysis of existing public policy actions in Europe and around the world.
Back in 2006, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh prepared a similar report for UNU-MERIT, Study on the effect on the development of the information society of European public bodies making their own software available as open source, in The Netherlands.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 12 2021, @02:17PM (3 children)
Because those 25-years-old retro games are still better than Linux games.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by shrewdsheep on Sunday September 12 2021, @07:30PM
Quoting a friend:
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday September 13 2021, @02:11PM
You've clearly never played TuxRacer. Penguins *can* fly [youtube.com].
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 13 2021, @04:54PM
My old game collection runs better on Linux than it ever did on Windows.