Now this is the kind of report I said is required to know what the heck is going on with FOSS.

That is a government report. We now need a business one equal. Yes we know web stats better count home users than business or government. The methods of webstats are just primed to screw-up up in business setups.

This is documented growth. Of course people like Clarence Moon say freeware. Little point what hope do you think Microsoft will have to replacing it in future. Migration cost is going to be in your way to leave FOSS.

No doubt about it, Mr. Pogson. Using freeware is great if it works for whatever you are trying to do. I use a few programs myself. Of course 99% of the freeware usage is with Windows and Microsoft provides extensive and free access to versions of Visual Studio and SQL Server to support individual program development.