Why OpenSource matters for a business
When talking to people about Free Software, the discussion always leads to a point where I'm trying to convince the person I'm talking to that Open Source software is better for a business than proprietary software. And by business I don't just mean a company selling or developing software, I mean any company.
For any business, whether they sell plumbing pipes or software, using Open Source software can only benefit the company. Just to get start off with an argument everyone already knows: It's free. Free as in beer and free as in speech. So instead of paying €1000 for a mailserver, install the Courier mailserver (or any other Free MTA).
Now that you've saved over €1000 by using Free Software, what other benefits are there? A benefit that's really important to me is that you aren't completely depending on the software vendor for support or bug fixes. If you purchase mailserver software from company X and next year company X goes out of business, you're screwed.
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