[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“Large companies can save a substantial amount of money by using
open source software products, according to a study published
Wednesday by the Swiss consultancy Soreon Research GmbH.“Companies with a €1 million ($1.1 million) budget for
office software can reduce their costs as much as 20% by using
OpenOffice software instead of Microsoft’s Office product, Soreon
said in a statement. And those running the open source Linux
operating system instead of Microsoft’s Windows on their servers
can save as much as 30%.“Within a three-year period, enterprises with 2,000 workplaces
using open source software can save €525,000 on office
software, €57,000 on server software, €32,000 on content
management system software and €21,000 on database software,
according to Soreon…”