Overview:
Is it risky to trust mission-critical infrastructure to open source software? Why should we pay an open source vendor when open source is supposed to be free? Will a shift to open source add complexity to our IT infrastructure?
These questions all arise from open source myths that this paper explains and dispels, allowing IT decision makers to focus on more important organizational issues: return-on-investment, ease-of-use, agility, reliability, and control.
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| Date: | Sep 2007 |
| Pages: | 11 |
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