The 66 people who answered ‘none’ were asked why they weren’t using open source, 39 people responded as follows:

• I was under the impression that OSS was only for computer whizzes, so stuck with (get ready for it) Microsoft!
• Don’t manage computers at home
• Needs are met with existing software.
• My husband is a PC tech and not as sold on open source as I am.  He takes care of the home network, so he gets to choose what we use there.
• Don’t have a need at this time but wouldn’t hesitate if I did.
• I do not have a computer at home
• not enough time to research, set up, learn programs. But I do plan to look into an open source OPAC soon.
• The last thing I want to do at home is look at a computer! :0)
• Never heard of any of these except Firefox & Linux.  I don’t do a lot of heavy computing at home since I stare at a screen all day at work.
• Do not have the need at home
• Don’t have time or interest.
• When I purchased my computer, it came with IE and the Microsoft Professional Office suite. I’m comfortable using those products and not motivated to change although intellectually I support Open Source products.
• don’t have Internet access
• not tech savvy
• Not aware of its benefits
• No time, little interest- when I come home from work using the computer is the last thing I want to do!
• What I’m using is adequate for my needs.
• I like IE.
• I’m not that savvy.
• I have no need. I would use Firefox, but many of the websites I use run better on IE.
• I don’t have Internet access at home…can’t afford it any more.
• I don’t use Internet at home
• The people I live with do not and it is easier not to load the open source software then deal with their frustrations.
• I’ve been re-directed to Open Office, but I didn’t know anything about the reliability of open source applications.  I will not incur any addition costs, and it was not clear who pays for open office.  I don’t enjoy sitting at and looking at the computer, and I certainly am not interested enough to learn a new office-type application!
• Don’t know of any that would be of use to me.
• Don’t feel that I am savvy enough and don’t want to take the time to be so! Also, I just use my computer for basic stuff – email, bank account, bill pay, etc.
• Try not to compute at home.
• I do most of my work at work.  I’m not a techie.
• Why would I?
• I get copies of work software for use on my work machine at home
• Don’t have a home computer. Get enough silliness at work.
• don’t care
• I’m not a sophisticated computer user
• In Nigeria, I am not financially ok to install one.
• Use home pc for email, light work
• No computer
• Never set any up.
• My husband runs our “IT department” at home and he says I don’t need it. He uses Firefox and Linux.
• Don’t know enough about any of them. Don’t know what I am missing.

For the 151 that answered ‘other’, 150 entered values and of those, not all entered were actually open source products.  All answers (open source or not) are listed below:

• Open Solaris (is not Linux), Boxee, Vuze, Apache, more
• I use many free programs and can’t even remember which are open source because I’ve used them so long.
• too many to list
• LibX
• Audacity, Jabref, hundreds of other programs
• audacity
• Koha
• Senayan Library Automation System
• 7zip,inkscape, lots of java and ruby tools. Anything
• FreeMind, Drupal, NeoOffice
• lots-Zimbra + too many to list
• GNUchess
• Drupal, Audacity, Blender, MySQL, PHP
• PMB, Irfanview
• I use OSS wherever it’s possible and not inconvenient.
• Vufind
• UNIX; Mach kernel in OS X
• Moodle, NeoOffice, TuxPaint, Scratch
• Open Office
• Inkscape, Scribus, PortableApps
• TeX
• solaris 10, drupal
• WordPress
• WordPress
• We’ve been experimenting with Solaris
• Wiki, WordPress, Moodle, Drupal, other PHP-based sites/apps, etc.
• many of other OSS, f.e. ssh, bash, pekwm etc. etc.
• Jalbum
• IrfanView, SecureShell, Adobe Reader
• eclipse, winftp
• skype
• Avast;  Spybot;  Google
• Freemind, Thinking Rock, X2
• nvu(it’s dead, I know), nodexl
• Some Google stuff
• WordPress
• Sea Monkey, several media programs
• Joomla
• WordPress
• Thunderbird and other s/w
• mysql
• Apache
• NVU, PUTTY, Audio stuff…
• Aptana
• Amarok
• WordPress, Zotero, Boxee, GNU Solfege
• WordPress
• Drupal
• WordPress
• WordPress, Gallery, Apache, Postgres, Tomcat
• FreeBSD, Perl, Python, PostgreSQL, rsync, unison
• Drupal
• too many to name
• putty, miro, notepad++, cygwin, ccleaner, truecrypt, and a LOT more.
• Word Press
• Too many others to list
• Songbird
• XBMC, Apache, Mysql, PHP, Asterisk
• I’m sure there are more: WordPress, for one.
• I have a Nokia N810 that runs almost exclusively off of open-source applications (e.g. mplayer, MyTube, Mauku, and of course, Maemo)
• songbird, android, wp
• Audacity
• apache, drupal,
• django
• Gnome and KDE4 and their related apps; AbiWord; Audacity
• various small applications
• KDE, KDevelop, Kontact, Konsole, Konqueror…
• Android (phone), 7-Zip, VNC, OpenSSH, PuTTY, TrueCrypt, Perl, Wget, and more that I can’t think of now
• Nvu
• Flock, KDE
• Joomla
• drupal, wordpress
• WordPress and Drupal
• Firefox addons
• WordPress
• php, apache, mysql
• kde, k3b,  mplayer,  emacs, iconv, countless others  I don’t have the time to list, rest assured it runs into the hundreds esp if you include the libraries I use.
• WordPress
• A couple of open source games; I also tinker with Apache/PHP/Perl/Mysql at home, as well
• Joomla, TuxPaint
• Moodle, Drupal, b2evolution, freemind, ganttproject, …
• Chrome, Tortoise
• PDFCreator
• lots!
• Irfanview, Limesurvey, drupal
• XAMPP, WordPress
• mutt
• EAC, LAME
• delicious
• NewGenLib Library Software
• Openbiblio
• Miranda
• bsd stack…
• mysql, apache, solr, wordpress
• Vufind
• WordPress
• Apache, Python, PHP, jQuery, OpenLayers
• Apache, MySQL, PHP, to many others to numerous to list
• LibX
• Drupal
• Eclipse
• WordPress
• I use several open source video streaming/conversion softwares.
• Drupal
• Mozilla browser
• PHP mySQL Apache
• Wink
• WordPress
• Flock
• wordpress
• audacity
• irfanview, zamzar, google stuff including google sites, gmail, google earth, picassa, igoogle, colorcop, realplayer, audacity
• BSD
• BSD
• Solr/Lucene
• Evergreen
• seamonkey ; Greasemonkey ;libx
• development libraries and other tools
• ZOPE
• WordPress
• Plone
• Drupal, WordPress, Audacity
• MarcEdit, Worldpress
• Crimson Editor, WinMerge, Serendipity (blogging software), Apache, MySQL, PHP
• Zamzar, Jing, Vyew, Xtranormal
• Gentoo for build from source
• chatzilla
• WinSCP,Kompozer,Inkscape,TrueCrypt,Koha
• audacity
• Smultron, Cyberduck, ClamAV, ffmpeg, Frozen-Bubble, GPG, Handbrake, Kompozer, Transmission, VirtualBox, Quanta Plus, Font Forge, Inkscape, Childsplay, Tux Paint, Tux Math, Tux Type
• NetBSD
• Gnucash
• Audacity
• Inkscape
• I don’t have a computer at home – yes, we do exist! In the past, I have used OpenOffice, and would in preference to proprietary options
• Jalbum,
• NewGenLib Library Management System
• mysql,sqlite,postgress, many others
• Debian
• Joomla
• No home computer
• Gnucash, Audacity, Avidemux
• Too many to fit in this small box.
• wordpress
• too many to list
• Bacula, TeX, LyX, …
• Flock, Darvin (Kernel of MacOX), WordPress, Nambu, MediaWiki,
• camstudio
• WordPress
• Google Browser; most all their features

The following are the answers given by the 143 people who answered ‘other’

• I don’t like relying on Microsoft for everything!
• I like it better
• Use it along with proprietary
• work-related knowledge
• I like to tinker and customize
• Free as in freedom
• When available and of quality, I go for open source
• comparable to Microsoft Office, if not better than most recent version
• Loads faster.
• experimenting with it
• it does what I need
• I still can’t get Vufind to work
• Different combinations of reasons for different apps. Mostly for evaluation/awareness purposes
• Available painlessly in OS X
• could use Firefox but I generally seem to use Explorer
• To stay up on all of the options
• usually tips from my IT friends
• I like it.
• trying to learn the systems to put into use at work
• I like the idea of open source.
• easier to install and maintain
• it’s not Microsoft
• Flexible
• Windows and Mac shouldn’t have a strangle-hold on the market.
• For some reason I much prefer Firefox over Internet Explorer, though I couldn’t tell you why!
• “Free software” philosophy, aka Richard Stallman.
• tired of MS annoyances and domination
• came pre-installed and I got hooked
• Use Linux Mint (and Linux-compatible apps) at home because cheaper, also more secure from viruses
• In part it’s that these solutions work better, but the ability to create customizable solutions (and to use others solutions) definitely has an impact.
• Wanted to learn more about the tools. Host some of my sites using the open source solutions. Fair easy to install; free; good documentation; etc.
• I prefer using open source when I can.
• was available for immediate download – faster!
• configurable for my needs
• I like them
• Recommended for use with BlackBoard
• Like the community support, extensions, etc.
• Sea Monkey is the only truly functioning browser for my laptop
• Has advantages other software doesn’t; user support
• It does what I need it to. With mysql, it is the most appropriate choice, even when considering commercial options.
• WordPress
• modeling shifts
• It is the right thing for me
• I wish to support major software companies as little as possible.
• I run a Linux box at home as a sandbox, but my primary home computer is a Windows machine.
• Ideology
• Don’t like I.E.
• security, some features not even available commercially
• Use both
• if it’s not what I want, I can make it what I want
• ongoing development, flexible implementations, configurable, frequent bug fixes.
• looked cool
• I am used to do so
• Don’t like intrusiveness of Microsoft
• Freedom
• Wanted to try it for myself
• More easily customizable; sharing between other users is easier
• more secure, less prone to attacks
• I feel I have more control over these applications, and that they’re not doing things behind my back
• I use Firefox in addition to other browsers
• It does exactly what I want and nothing more.
• More secure. I have been running Linux for 12 years (since 1997) and have never had a virus, trojan horse, or spyware.
• They’re great pieces of software and they come with the source from which I can learn, they are free and let me be free (and they are much more customizable than proprietary software)
• Principle of freedom; more readily available than proprietary software; generally simpler, cleaner and less bloated than proprietary software, contains no unwanted functionality (eg spyware); control over software and data
• Alternatives to proprietary software
• I strongly believe in OS
• ethical – open source can work for everyone and we need people to see that it’s not just for geeks!
• My husband and son work in the industry
• personal development goal
• WordPress, Drupal, Coppermine, KnowledgeTree
• I like to support open source
• I prefer open source
• I’m married to IT support who selected it and installed it
• I’m a programmer as well as a librarian.  I like the control.
• I support freedom in all forms
• I like choice
• alternative/back up
• It’s interesting (and addictive) to know
• complete control
• philosophically, i believe in OSS!
• like to use variety of applications
• Like to support initiatives other Microsoft & Apple
• It just works
• Cross platform
• I need the source code to be able to develop new features
• Freedom to look and change the code as I can
• For Virus protection. OpenOffice is not affected by viruses
• more flexible
• Works better in web environment that other options
• Freedom
• sometimes works better than other options
• Less buggy & virus-prone
• I’m still trying to get Vufind to work
• Free of cost!
• I don’t know about a lot of other choices
• Needed for college courses
• Safer from viruses
• Safer
• more secure than IE
• free software is all I use at home
• IE stopped working, MS Word too expensive
• Works better with games
• not a programmer, so using them is the only way i can support them
• I like it better.
• just about every web browser is free to use – open source or not
• add-ons!
• Tired of MS treadmill & bugs
• Safer in the case of Firefox
• Freedom
• I like to support Open Source projects
• What I use and is supported at work
• …and I believe in supporting it.
• An option; I also use non-open source products that are similar, such as IE, etc.
• free of licencing restrictions
• Irfanview
• To explore
• Learning about open source
• Can’t afford Office 2007
• True customization and flexibility free of artificial limitations of proprietary software
• want to learn about it on my own time
• Coppermine, eFiction, WordPress
• I still use IE but Firefox works better sometimes
• Not subject to IE viruses
• stick it to the man
• research
• Freedom
• Freedom
• I really don’t like microsoft.
• support the philosophy
• As good and sometimes better than commercially distributed offerings
• Its the only thing that the software support.
• Is fun
• faster and secure
• I’m learning it for my job.
• more secure than windows
• Works equal to other options, but more cost effective
• Security
• I can’t walk the OS walk at work, if I don’t also walk it at home. Plus, it is an easier way to test something out and the cost is a factor.
• originally started with firefox to use zotero, which I have since stopped using
• I like the open source concept
• supposed to be better security
• As an interesting option and flexibility
• I like to support independent thought