Malta surveys open source use

Joinup, the EU’s public sector open source news site, reports that a survey to measure the popularity of open source amongst Maltese residents took place in early December. The poll was organised by MITA, the Maltese government’s Information Technology Agency. It was launched during the most recent meeting of Government of Malta Open Source End User Group, which took place earlier this month.

The survey will assist MITA in promoting the use of free and open source software.

The survey was published in the open source section of the agency’s website, which is intended to increase the awareness of open source software. That is not the same as a governmental policy, MITA adds. “(The section) is not aimed to regulate the adoption of open source within the government, which is governed by the Open Source Software Policy and the related Directive.”

MITA’s site and its work in the Open Source End User Group are intended to raise awareness and foster an understanding of open source software. MITA also hopes this will help to create and assist users and developers of open source within Malta’s public sector.