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Sirius seeks to convert open source doubters
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| Open source software reseller and consultancy firm Sirius is celebrating its
| tenth birthday by tempting potential customers with a free online advisory
| service.
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| Launched in association with Linux User and Developer magazine, the ‘Open for
| Business’ service is aimed at encouraging more organisations to adopt open
| source and open standards policies.
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| Sirius argues that this policy will become increasingly popular as budgets
| are cut and businesses are forced to do more with less.
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http://www.channelweb.co.uk/crn/news/2224725/sirius-celebrates-birthday-free
Open source experts launch free advisory service
http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/10836.html
Related:
Risk Factors You Ought To See for Proprietary Software
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| If we’re going to get that paranoid, companies might as well start including
| risk factors for the proprietary software they use. Companies could include
| risks like:
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| * Proprietary software we use could be really buggy and break down,
| making it impossible for anyone in the company to get any work done.
| * Proprietary software companies that supply our software may be bought
| by Oracle and then “integrated” or “end of lifed”, forcing us to spend a
| boatload of money and time on upgrades.
| * We could get sued for violating proprietary software licenses because
| we haven’t paid attention to them since we bought the stuff.
| * We almost certainly are using proprietary software on a heck of a lot
| more machines than we paid for, and if the vendor finds out we could owe
| a big fat bill.
| * Our proprietary software suppliers could decide to raise our
| maintenance by 3x and then we’re really screwed because we don’t have any
| alternatives.
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http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2008/01/risk-factors-you-ought-to-see-for-proprietary-software/
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