APPENDIX TABLE QUESTIONS COUNT PERCENTAGE A51 Q43: Where does the need for open standards originate in your organization? Product need 234 58% Engineering ideas 199 49% Open source leads 170 42% Marketing 113 28% Legal need 110 27% Sales 81 20% We don’t use or contribute to open standards 16 4% Don’t know or not sure 13 3% A52 Q44: How easy is it to participate in the development of an open or closed standard? Neither Somewhat Somewhat N/A Very difficult difficult Very easy difficult easy or easy Closed standards 22 (5%) 64 (16%) 74 (18%) 92 (23%) 105 (26%) 45 (11%) Open standards 12 (3%) 11 (3%) 63 (16%) 84 (21%) 151 (37%) 85 (21%) A53 Q44: How easy is it to participate in the development of an open or closed standard? (Open standards only) segmented by Q6: Which of the following best describes your organization’s primary industry? IT Other industries N/A 4 (3%) 8 (3%) Very difficult 4 (3%) 7 (3%) Somewhat difficult 23 (14%) 40 (16%) Neither difficult or easy 31 (19%) 53 (21%) Somewhat easy 62 (39%) 89 (36%) Very easy 35 (22%) 50 (20%) Q44: How easy is it to participate in the development of an open or closed standard? (Closed standards only) A54 segmented by Q6: Which of the following best describes your organization’s primary industry IT Other industries N/A 9 (6%) 13 (5%) Very difficult 26 (16%) 38 (16%) Somewhat difficult 27 (17%) 47 (19%) 52