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Ten Reasons to Buy / Not Buy Open Source

Ten Reasons to Buy / Not Buy Open Source
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May 28, 2012
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Ten Reasons to Buy / Not Buy Open Source

Ten Reasons to Buy / Not Buy Open Source

Ten Reasons to Buy / Not Buy Open Source


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Ten Reasons to Buy Open Source


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1) Your Peers Will Think You’re Cool


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2) Microsoft Executives Are Rich Enough


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3) The CFO Will Give You a Big Raise for Saving Money


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4) Microsoft Will Pay More Attention to You


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5) IBM, Oracle and Everybody Else Will Pay More Attention to You


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6) Easier to Recruit College Graduates


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7) Lower Application Development Costs


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8) Access to Free Worldwide Support Network


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9) Higher-Quality Software Because of Peer Review


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10) No Need to Manage Windows Software Licenses


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Ten Reasons Not to Buy Open Source


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1) Microsoft Is the Safe Choice


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2) Richer Set of Application Development Tools


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3) Larger Number of Packaged Applications Available


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4) Desktop Linux Is Immature and Perhaps Unnecessary


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5) Technical Support Costs Are Actually Higher than Microsoft.Net


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6) Windows Environments Have Better Management Tools


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7) Richer Layer for Application and Business Process Integration Middleware


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8) More Focused Commercial Technical Support from Microsoft


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9) Microsoft.Net Creates End-to-End Framework That Offers Lower TCO


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10) Microsoft Will Try to Convince Your CEO That You’re an Idiot If You Do


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