[Info-vax] Open source usage, Was Python and various libraries updated

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/8/2020 3:58 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 8/8/2020 2:36 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> Interesting read:
>>
>> https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-open-source-report/2020
>>
>> About the survey:
>>
>> <quote>
>> This survey of 950 IT leaders was commissioned by Red Hat to better
>> understand the unique role of enterprise open source. Respondents were
>> unaware that Red Hat was the sponsor of this research.
>> </quote>
>>
>> So this is basically the people that VSI need to convince to
>> stay on, increase usage of or switch to VMS.
> 
> I'd reserve judgment until I know who and what type of respondents were 
> involved.  If those already dedicated to open source were in the 
> majority, then what other results would one expect.
> 
> I'm betting there were no respondents that say, control nuclear power 
> stations.

Based on description is must be 950 CIO's and similar for
large companies.

There could be companies owning nuclear power plants among
them. Or not.

And open source could be used for some of he truly critical
stuff. Linux is becoming very common for SCADA today. And
they could use GNAT for software development.

Arne