10 Reasons Why You Need an Open Source Strategy

1. “Reduce dependency on closed source vendors. Stop being dragged
   through constant product upgrades that you are forced to do to stay
   on a supported version of the product. Aren’t you tired of telling
   your customers to wait because you have to spend a month or two
   upgrading to version 7.01G of Product X and following it up with an
   incremental hot fix?
2. “Your annual budget does not keep up with increases in software
   maintenance costs and increased costs of employee health care. Your
   budget remains flat, you bought five new tools last year with new
   annual costs in the range of 18-20% of the original purchase price
   for ‘gold support,’ and your employees’ health care costs shot up
   25% again. What gives…?”

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