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October 14, 2005 | Comments: (0)

Spending on IT when you can (CIO Update)

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CIO Update has a useful article on how open source can help CIOs save money with open source...temporarily or indefinitely. It comes down to something we discussed at The 451 Group's open source summit earlier this week: open source is succeeding in large part because it lowers the barriers to try out software. I've said it before, but the idea resonates more and more with me over time. The easier software is to find, try, and then buy, the more software will get sold. CIO Update:

Most, if not all, organizations can postpone a large investment in off-the-shelf solutions by using OSS tools that mirror packaged software. By changing how you view OSS, you will be likely to make more informed and less-costly decisions when it comes to packaged software.

One of the major benefits of using OSS in this manner is that organizations gain more time to see if the solution works instead of paying a lot of money up-front for license fees. The argument is simple: by using free, OSS (e.g. databases, application and Web servers, operating systems), organizations can develop rich enterprise applications before actually committing to any vendor or product.

Posted by Matt Asay on October 14, 2005 08:25 AM

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