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Linux Consulting Dilemma
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| I live in mountainous Northwest Montana. I
| have always been intrigued by an attitude
| from my US Forrest Service friends who
| each summer tell me they are, âhoping
| there are lots of big forest fires this
| summerâ. WhatâI thought Smokey the Bear
| wanted to prevent forest fires. But no,
| many of those who work for the US Forrest
| Service actually depend on fighting fires
| to provide the finances for their
| vacations and Holidays. Now let me be
| quick to say these people do not start
| fires nor encourage starting fires, it
| just works out that forest disasters are
| great paydays.
|
| [...]
|
| It must be a part of life, as when you
| look at Linux consulting you have the same
| dilemma. Consulting without education and
| documentation is just as empty and self
| serving as those in the US Forrest Service
| who hope for fires or those who repair
| your virus laden Windows machine hoping to
| strike it rich once again when you click
| on the tempting email. Linux consultants
| can live in that âouter zoneâ that makes
| them special and prevents them from
| communicating the changes they made for
| the client in a way that educates the
| client, thus rendering the consultant
| unnecessary. Or, neglecting documenting
| changes for the client, forcing the client
| to call for more help down the road when
| the system updates.
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http://spidertools.com/blog/linux-consulting/linux-consulting-dilemma/
Billing's new face: High performance at a lower cost
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| For operators having to upgrade billing
| systems, expensive hardware is often no
| longer an option, and for that reason they
| are looking to low-cost Linux-based
| systems that deliver more bang for the
| buck.
|
| Growing demand for always-on connectedness
| and real-time rating and charging, for
| example, have made Unix a cost-prohibitive
| option, even though hardware costs have
| come down significantly. With that in
| mind, Intec today released performance
| numbers for its Singl.eView v7.0 charging,
| billing and customer care system. The
| purpose of the release is to demonstrate
| its performance on platforms that cost
| less than traditional Unix servers.
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http://connectedplanetonline.com/bss_oss/news/billing-new-face-062910/
Recent:
Open source means cost savings
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| Weâve just published our latest CAOS special
| report, âClimate Change -User perspectives on
| the impact of economic conditions on open
| source software adoption.â The report is based
| on our recent survey findings among more than
| 1,700 open source software customers and users,
| and also offers guidance on calculating cost
| savings from open source software.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2009/12/14/open-source-means-cost-savings/
IT, a key business enabler in the downturn
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| As a pioneer in the development and use of Free and Open Source Software
| (FOSS), we are a strong contributor to the Open Source movement, and have
| been utilising Open Source widely to provide our clients with more optimal
| solutions.
|
| We have a proven track record in contributing to the Open Source R&D,
| including significant contributions to projects such as Apache Web Services,
| OpenBRR, and Sahana Disaster Management project. Our support to projects such
| as Sahana has been part of our sustainability initiatives, which focus on
| making an impact in humanitarian and educational areas thereby helping to
| create a more digitally-inclusive society.
|
| Internally, we have developed solutions based on Open Source software
| including a custom-built software configuration management solution. We were
| able to save significant costs on licensing fee and acquisition costs, by
| adopting the Open Source software for developing the solution.
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http://beta.thehindu.com/business/Industry/article8841.ece
Open source: More than just a cheap date
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| It's not surprising that enterprise IT would be looking to lighten its
| software cost burden. Proprietary software vendors derive an ever-growing
| chunk of their revenue from software maintenance fees, a "boondoggle" for
| vendors, according to CMS Watch, which fattens vendor coffers while providing
| minimal value to customers.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10319222-16.html
Open source software might be cheaper than alternatives, but it has many other
business benefits, too.
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| It is often said that open source software wins because it is cheaper.
|
| However, the bigger factor in the success of open source software in industry
| has been performance.
|
| [...]
|
| Here's our top ten reasons to consider using open source and Linux in your
| business.
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http://www.itpro.co.uk/614233/10-reasons-to-use-open-source-in-business
CIO Jury returns the wrong verdict on open source
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| The first mistake the jury has made is blame
| any migration costs on the software you're
| moving to, not from. While any software
| migration will use up resources, this is as
| true of moving from one version of a
| proprietary package to another, as it is of
| moving from proprietary to open source. In
| bringing this argument up, the jury is
| admitting they've been caught by the
| proprietary software trap â exit costs.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014300o-2000331765b,00.htm
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