On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I'm looking for a one pager write-up for a Booth display for why Open > Source Software is a good bet for businesses. > > Anything I can use freely or pointers would be appreciated. This is > intended as an informational handout. > > I have a start on something below, maybe it's easier for folks to add to > these. I'll go off and look some on Google > > Thanks in advance. > Hi, Look for the four liberties of free software. Here are some hints: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html And don't use open, use free: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html > > -------------------- > > Here are some benefits that Open Source software gives you. > > - You are not prohibited from using Commercial Software in the mix. > - The act of using OpenSource software in general is also promoting > the Open-Data concept as well as Open-Standards. > - You are not requiring other potential business partners to use > Commercial Software in order to use your services and get at your data in > an unfettered manner, nor to serve their data to you. Interoperability is > considerably enhanced. The big commerical packages offer these > capabilities as well, but beware of special situations and process > additions that still bind your process to a commercial package. > - The bigger picture view is that OpenSource should be thought of as a > method for keeping business operations open and inter-operable across > boundaries and jurisdictions. And to be thought of as a business best > practice. It's not about going 100% OpenSource, even though you can if you > want to, but to provide a system and mechanisms that work for both > proprietary and open technologies. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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