OpenUK's latest report: It's the foundation for established vendors even when their products are proprietary, and it is the toolbox enabling entrepreneurs and startups

OpenUK has released the second of its three-part probe into the state of open source in Britain, finding that an overwhelming majority of businesses use the wares – but noticeably fewer are willing to contribute code back.

Figures shared in the report, which surveyed 273 randomly sampled UK companies of varying sizes and across numerous sectors, would appear to back that up. OpenUK has reported that an impressive 97 per cent of businesses surveyed use some form of open source software, with 48 per cent having increased their use in 2020 compared to the year before.

The report found a split between business sectors, particularly when it came to use of open-source operating systems such as Linux and the BSDs: While 90 per cent of technology, media, and telecommunications companies and 93 per cent of banking, insurance, and financial service sector companies reported using open-source operating systems, just 63 per cent of companies in the public sector, health, and pharmaceutical markets reported the same. Why is government lagging behind the private sector? Too much taxpayer funds?

See OpenUK's latest report paints a rosy picture of open source adoption

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Might be nice if a few more of those adopters turned to contributors, though

source https://gadgeteer.co.za/openuks-latest-report-its-foundation-established-vendors-even-when-their-products-are-proprietary