http://www.dbtablog.com/2007/08/22/the-hidden-costs-and-hidden-value-of-open-source/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:30:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.dbtablog.com/2007/08/22/the-hidden-costs-and-hidden-value-of-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-19 451 CAOS Theory » 451 CAOS Links - 2007.08.23 Sat, 31 May 2008 08:53:06 +0000 http://www.dbta.com/blogs/mckendrick/?p=10#comment-19 [...] The Hidden Costs and Hidden Value of Open Source, Eye on the Enterprise, Joe McKendrick (Blog) [...] [...] The Hidden Costs and Hidden Value of Open Source, Eye on the Enterprise, Joe McKendrick (Blog) [...]

]]> http://www.dbtablog.com/2007/08/22/the-hidden-costs-and-hidden-value-of-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-18 SMU Open Source Software Society (OS3) Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:25:44 +0000 http://www.dbta.com/blogs/mckendrick/?p=10#comment-18 [...] The Hidden Costs and Hidden Value of Open Source However, the economics of open source are a tricky proposition, and one that companies and IT professionals are just beginning to understand. Of course, there already have been raucous industry debates about open source TCO in recent years. There are some estimates that staff skills and maintenance costs - which form the bulk of IT costs - are the same for open source systems as they are for their com­mercial counterparts. [...] [...] The Hidden Costs and Hidden Value of Open Source However, the economics of open source are a tricky proposition, and one that companies and IT professionals are just beginning to understand. Of course, there already have been raucous industry debates about open source TCO in recent years. There are some estimates that staff skills and maintenance costs – which form the bulk of IT costs – are the same for open source systems as they are for their com­mercial counterparts. [...]

]]> http://www.dbtablog.com/2007/08/22/the-hidden-costs-and-hidden-value-of-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-17 OSS-biz » 3 Open Source Articles Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:43:59 +0000 http://www.dbta.com/blogs/mckendrick/?p=10#comment-17 [...] “The Hidden Costs and Hidden Value of Open Source”  - Article [...] [...] “The Hidden Costs and Hidden Value of Open Source”  – Article [...]

]]> http://www.dbtablog.com/2007/08/22/the-hidden-costs-and-hidden-value-of-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-16 PTC Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:09:49 +0000 http://www.dbta.com/blogs/mckendrick/?p=10#comment-16 Open source offers far more "options" as compared to proprietary solutions which is both - good and bad. As there are many open source solutions available to solve a problem, one can compare and pick up the most appropriate one; but at the same time, comparing those options is a herculean task in itself. For proprietary, usually brand name makes it a lot easier to choose from but again choices are less than open source. I am not sure if it can be said whether open source is better or proprietary; the only thing that I have realized by thinking over this issue for long time is that "it depends" :) Open source offers far more “options” as compared to proprietary solutions which is both – good and bad. As there are many open source solutions available to solve a problem, one can compare and pick up the most appropriate one; but at the same time, comparing those options is a herculean task in itself. For proprietary, usually brand name makes it a lot easier to choose from but again choices are less than open source.
I am not sure if it can be said whether open source is better or proprietary; the only thing that I have realized by thinking over this issue for long time is that “it depends”

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