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It's no secret that certain parts of the world favor open source more than others do. Today, Actuate, which specializes in open source business intelligence applications, is out with its fourth annual open source survey results. The results are based on responses from global business and I.T. professionals from the financial services sector, public sector and the manufacturing industry. This year the survey also included Chinese respondents. Here are some of the highlights from the results.

In conjunction with the recent series of posts we did on the future of open source, we also asked OStatic readers to participate in Northbridge Venture Partners' 2009 Future of Open Source survey. At this week's Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco, the results of the survey were released, and you can watch an interesting slideshow on the results here. Over 435 people responded to the survey, including many open source developers. Here are some thoughts on the findings.