In what may the country's first comprehensive survey of the open source industry, the Australian Open Source Industry Census has revealed IT professionals working with free software earn more than the national average.
The census, due for full release in March, was conducted by Sydney-based consulting firm Waugh Partners with support from Fujitsu, IBM and NICTA.
Waugh Partners' directors Pia and Jeff Waugh released partial findings from the census during a presentation at the Linux.conf.au Linux and open source conference in Melbourne last week.
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