[Cialug] Resources for convincing enterprises to go with open source

[Nathan C. Smith]

I like to say that open source is not no dollar software, it simply shifts
the costs.
 
The financial burden for development is carried by many, instead of a single
company, and the costs of an outright purchase are often shifted to
consulting, maintenance, or the salary of someone with more
knowledge/specialization to maintain.
 
Of course once you hit on a combination that works it may not require any
updates or changes (or even reboots) for a very long time.
 
Sometimes they are really just looking for the one throat to choke when
problems come up.
 
-Nate


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From: Aaron Korver [mailto:aaron.korver at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:39 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: [Cialug] Resources for convincing enterprises to go with open
source


Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone had any resources for PHBs regarding open source
software?

Mainly I'm being asked about trends with open source and ROI; case studies
would also be great.  Really any official looking documents with graphs and
stats would suffice.  :-) 

My audience for these papers are very skeptical about the value of open
source.  They are used to buying large software contract with the big name
companies and using anything with a monetary cost of Zero scares them.  Thus
it is my task to educate them on the benefits of using open source in the
enterprise. 

Thanks,
Aaron Korver


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