The Big SMB Problem: Dropping Microsoft Office | Linux Today

The Big SMB Problem: Dropping Microsoft Office

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 18, 2007

[ Thanks to J_K9
for this link. ]

“Small and Medium-sized Businesses are usually quite keen to
consider switching to Open Source IT solutions, and not without
reason: Linux and other Open Source tools are mature–often with
features that rival and exceed proprietary alternatives in terms of
usage and implementation–proven to be secure, low-maintenance once
set up and most important of all, free.

“Of course, as Robert A. Heinlein one said, ‘there ain’t no such
thing as a free lunch.’ Linux and Open Source software are not
entirely free: they have setup costs, maintenance costs and time
and productivity costs…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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