How much FLOSS is there in Argentina's software industry?
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software sector, free and open source software, innovation, firmsAbstract
This article aims to provide statistics for the Argentine case on the relevance of FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software) at the business production level. This is done based on a descriptive analysis of the "III Survey on Innovation in the Software Sector in Argentina 2019". Firstly, the degree of importance of FLOSS at the production and sales level in the sector is evaluated. Secondly, it is presented what kinds of FLOSS are performed by the Argentine companies surveyed in the survey. Finally, a series of behavioral and performance aspects (in terms of linkages, innovation and training) are compared between FLOSS and non-FLOSS companies. The article concludes that most of the software companies in the sample produce or use free or open source software. And that there are no statistically significant differences in size, behavior or performance between companies that produce and/or provide services based on FLOSS and non-FLOSS.
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