Research: Open Source and the IT Trade Deficit
AUSTRALIA -- In this report Open Source Law looks at the current consistently poor performance of Australia in the ICT industry, as identified by analysis from the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies... identifying one instance in which failure to move to a functionally equivalent open source product has significant costs for Australia. This paper identifies an alternative model for ICT commercialisation and discusses some potential impacts.
A research report by Brendan Scott, Principal, Open Source Law, July 2004.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040808231529208

