Lack of license fee draws UK firms to open source
Open source software is gaining traction in key UK industries, as freedom from license costs and vendor tie-in lure companies away from the proprietary path.
Almost half (48%) of UK financial services and public sector organizations already use open source software, according to research by business intelligence firm Actuate. Only one in eight of the surveyed firms expressed no interest in adopting open source software.
Freedom from licensing costs was the biggest draw, cited by 64% of survey respondents. Other key perceived benefits were not being locked into Microsoft (45%), vendor independence (43.5%), and access to source code (43%).
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I would like to supply just one of the tons of reasons that I believe many system administrators would prefer Linux.
When you are trying to troubleshoot a problem, information about that problem is invaluable. Take, for example, the logging capabilities of the proprietary alternative.
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