A co-worker sent this out. There's a lot of stuff in here that everyone's heard before, but it's a pretty broad article that covers a lot of territory. It should be good for giving to other people that aren't as up to date as most on this list.
Mark Post > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:18 AM > To: EMEA Linux > Subject: Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at > the Numbers! > > An interesting white paper which pulls together a number of surveys and > reports: > > "This paper provides quantitative data that, in many cases, using open > source software / free software is a reasonable or even superior approach > to using their proprietary competition according to various measures. This > paper examines market share, reliability, performance, scalability, > security, and total cost of ownership. It also has sections on > non-quantitative issues, unnecessary fears, usage reports, other sites > providing related information, and ends with some conclusions." > > http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html
