451 CAOS Theory has a fun analysis of national open source adoption and support in European countries, written as if it were the soccer European Cup, to declare the “Open Source Champions of Europe.”

Author Matthew Aslett places the teams in qualifying groups, compares their success in moving to open source and open standards, and declares a winner for each matchup. The “teams” proceed through further matches until an overall champion is declared.

The final match occurs between two true heavyweights, and is ultimately determined by the strength and number of open source companies operating successfully in the country determined as champion (and which I won’t spoil here…)

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