Matthew Aslett is running a nice post, summarizing some Netcraft results about Open Source usage in politics. I just have to do the same for Italian parties, ordered by the results obtained in last year’s elections, included in parentheses (and limited to those parties who managed to score more than 1% of votes for the low chamber):
- L’Ulivo (31,27%): Apache on Linux (Fedora)
- Forza Italia (23,71%):Apache on Linux
- Alleanza Nazionale (12,34%): IIS on Windows Server 2003
- UDC (6,76%): Apache on Linux
- Rifondazione Comunista (5,84%): Apache on Mandriva Linux
- Lega Nord (4,58%): IIS on Windows Server 2003
- La rosa nel pugno (2,60%): Apache on Linux
- Comunisti italiani (2,32%): Apache on Linux
- Italia dei valori (2,30%): Apache on Linux
- Federazione dei Verdi (2,05%): Apache on Linux
- Udeur (1,40%): IIS on Windows 2000
So, all in all and to sum it up, those parties represent 95,17% of the overall Italian political weight. Barely 18.2% of the above political representation is not using Open Source, which means in turn that no less than 76,85% of our political parties are relying on OSS at least when it comes to their Internet presence. Not bad at all!
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