Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 8th Nov 2006 19:59 UTC, submitted by Coxy
The theory behind open-source software is that it avoids many of the pitfalls - including cost - of closed alternatives. But Steven Buckley, who runs Christian Aid's common knowledge programme, prefers to buy software from the likes of Microsoft. Is this not odd for a charity? "Open-source doesn't mean free," he told BBC World Service's Digital Planet programme. "Quite often, if you install open-source software within an organisation, you have a support contract that goes with it - it's an essential part of operating that software. Over time, that can actually cost more than having Windows on an enterprise machine."
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2005-10-02
Exactly.
I'd like to see some numbers on what costs companies actually have - like downtime, legal actions from customers due to missing or faulty delivery caused by system failure and anything else one could possibly think of.
Data from a few thousand companies could perhaps be enough to give a decent picture of the trend.