What percentage of the software you use regularly is open source?
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Mobile software (Score:4, Insightful)
Remember to include the software running on your phones and tablets. That's what lowers the percentage for me.
Re: Matlab and a few games (Score:5, Insightful)
If you go by title then I am around 80% if you go by install size then probably closer to 20%... M$ needs to go on weight watchers it software is obese.
Wow! Wrong! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Wow! Wrong! (Score:4, Insightful)
That's a philosophical question. When I go to facebook via my web browser, facebook is not the software. My web browser is the software. When I view the page, the web browser displays the HTML/CSS appropriately while running the JS. However, facebook's server does send me this data, and I indirectly use the server's database. If I always use an open source web browser and then I go to a proprietary site, does it nullify it? But, of course, you are providing money to the proprietary sites either via advertising or actual money.
Also, although facebook may not be open source, they have contributed to things like Memcached and have created Hiphop for PHP and use Linux servers. Linux servers are also more dominant in the market place.
This is also a very variable statistic. They may decide to switch servers (Linux/BSD vs MS/Apple). They may decide to switch programming languages/frameworks/libraries (RoR/PHP vs C#/ASP). They may decide to switch maps (Google vs Bing). How many sites use NodeJS or AngularJS or use Google Maps?
I think because this statistic is too hard to track that it should be left out for now.
Re:Not Many (Score:4, Insightful)
Re: Matlab and a few games (Score:4, Insightful)
Actually I think the slashdot editors deliberately make the poll questions a bit ambiguous. That way, you get more discussion. :-)