[Kroupware] Cost of a Free Software solution

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Friday 20 June 2003 20:39, jonr at ninestar.com wrote:
> I just think that the open source
> alternative should not cost as much as the proprietary software.

As a rule of thumb, Free Software 
(I like that term a lot better than open source)
has cost advantages in the mid- or long term.
Especially when you seriously consider the total cost
of operation. 
Compare to: http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html#tco

The initial or so to say short term costs to use Free Software
in some situations might even be higher then the cost for a
proprietary solution.  In the mid term the advantages are there.
This is also the reason why you get many gratis or "cheap" licenses
for proprietary software: They know that will make a business from 
you later, after building und the dependency.



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