Something for nothing: management rejection of open source software in Australia's top firms

This paper examines why firms do not adopt open source software. This study surveyed 500 of Australia's top firms to see why managers rejected open source software. The study found that managers rejected open source software because they could not see that it had any relevance to their operations, perceived a lack of reliable ongoing technical support of it and also appeared to see substantial learning costs or had adopted other software that they believed to be incompatible with open source software.