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:ZDNet: Does Open Source Usage Free Your Budget Up for the Best Talent?
ZDNet: Does Open Source Usage Free Your Budget Up for the Best Talent?
Jul 30, 2006, 04 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (6525 reads)

(Other stories by David Berlind)

"Here's a great 'opportunity cost' question. It's no secret these days (just look at the gazillions of studies) that it's not necessarily cheaper to run a business with open source software than it is to run 'closed-source' commercial software. The actual costs just show up in different places. But what rarely gets explored are the trade-offs that are made when your fixed budget is spent in different places.

"For example, what would you rather have? A support contract for your IT with a Fortune 500 company? Or, in lieu of that, the very best in-house talent to run your open source-based IT...?"

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...For example, what would you rather ha ...   I don't see that.   
Brandioch Conner
Jul 30, 2006, 04:30:12
 
This is exactly the same argument I use  ...   This is exactly the same argument...   
Bob Robertson
Jul 30, 2006, 07:58:27
 
[...].> "Charitable Donations" are huge  ...   Re: This is exactly the same argument...   
Rainer Weikusat
Jul 30, 2006, 15:47:48
 
Well, we have been only dreaming of syst ...   There is a big difference, only if you have tried.   
McMiles
Jul 30, 2006, 17:08:16
 
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