Yes, Europe is going the OSS path. I work at University and almost everyone I know in GIS fields switched to QGIS in the past 5 years. Most government departmen

Yes, Europe is going the OSS path. I work at University and almost everyone I know in GIS fields switched to QGIS in the past 5 years. Most government departments are also (trying) to switch, some succeeded already (others are waiting for important people to enter pension, so their replacements are more OSS minded).