Dear all,
In my experience maintenance and operational costs are far higher with
proprietary software than with open source. With some licenced products
operational costs are actually the largest slice of the budget. But well, that
is only the experience of a single individual.
However, in these matters we should always apply a macroscopic view. It is far
more rational to hire a local company to maintain and develop a particular open
source solution, than to send barge-loads of money overseas on licence fees.
Open source can be employed as a powerful economic policy tool, directing
investment and job creation to where they are most needed.
Cheers.
--
Luís Moreira de Sousa
Im Grund 6
CH-8600 Dübendorf
Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0)79 812 62 65
Email: [email protected]
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