Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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> Open Source and the Cloud: Pay Dirt or Parasite?
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>| Does using open source software pay off in a total cost sense when compared
>| to commercial offerings today? Is it worth the usually lower cost, or will an
>| enterprise that casts its lot with FOSS be trapped in a high-risk situation
>| where they can't get support and innovation?
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> http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/Poised-to-Pounce-on-IPO-QA-With-SugarCRM-CEO-John-Roberts-66844.html
>
It's a bizarre world when the idea that support is only available from a
proprietary vendor - yet, how many companies actually buy support from
Microsoft for Windows?
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