Students´ attitudes to the use of Open Source technology in education

The use of computers in modern life is almost unavoidable since computers are used in business and private life. Most users today use proprietary software, but with the arrival of the financial crisis forced savings raised the question of whether free Open Source technologies provide a good replacement for proprietary software. This paper presents the results of research about students´ attitudes towards the use of Open Source technologies in education. Research was conducted by survey on primarily students of information and computer science since they are advanced users of information technologies they are competent to express their opinions whether Open Source technologies can provide good alternative to proprietary software and when Open Source technologies should be implemented in educational process.