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Freeing up the future: Is open source best for business?
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| We spend $1 trillion on software every year, writing off around twenty
| percent in failed applications. Not only is open source software free, but
| many are now claiming it works better too. Exec finds out more
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http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Freeing-up-the-future--Is-open-source-best-for-business-_6094.aspx
Irreconcilable conflict between $ and Open Source ?!
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| I guess this particular attorney has never heard of Red Hat (aiming for $1
| billion in revenue), Oracle (runs its own infrastructure on open source
| software), Cisco (world's largest networking vendor that is now backing
| Linux) and many other for profit vendors that all have somehow RECONCILED
| open source and profit
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/legal-firm-warns-of-irreconcil.html
Recent:
Microsoft arguments against Linux are bollocks
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| Mind you, the bad experience was dubious; in essence a Windows shop acquired
| a smaller company which ran Linux. By rolling out their existing standard
| operating platform they cut costs. Really, the operating system used was
| irrelevant; it’s a no brainer that you will gain efficiency and reduce costs
| by having a standard platform over all your sites.
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| In the end, to my mind, the solution implemented did not meet the high goals
| the company had in mind. Disappointingly, it’s most likely budget constraints
| were the cause – and if an open source solution had been chosen there could
| have been more bang for buck.
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| It was a very weak case study. Perhaps it had merits if it were touted
| as “Microsoft designs solution for Video Ezy” but it was not; it was pitched
| as a direct battle between the two operating systems, with Microsoft winning.
| This just was not the case.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17883/1141/
A case study: Video Ezy and Microsoft myths about open source lead to flawed
network
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| A pity; if they’d gone with Linux they could have had the idea central
| administration without the worry of full-blown server operating system
| licenses throughout. If only they hadn’t relied on an anecdote that
| said, “This one time, at a place I used to work ....”
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17764/1143/
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