FLOSS-US
The Free/Libre/Open
Source Software Survey for 2003
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5. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements about open source, free, or proprietary software?
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I believe that users of software should have the right to see the source code. | 53.11% | 25.23 | 16.21 | 3.89 | 1.56 | 1542 responses
| OS/FS is superior in quality to proprietary software (fewer bugs, more features, etc.)
| 24.90 | 38.30 | 30.62 | 5.01 | 1.17 | 1538
| Open source development is the most efficient way to develop software
| 25.33 | 33.14 | 25.07 | 14.26 | 5.86 | 1536
| Proprietary software has its uses and proprietary development may create some software more efficiently
| 8.85 | 45.96 | 25.07 | 14.26 | 5.86 | 1536
| Some proprietary software is high quality, although ideally all software would be developed as open source/free software
| 23.03 | 45.80 | 21.41 | 8.00 | 1.76 | 1537
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