1Ten 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
3Ten Reasons to Buy / Not Buy Open Source – Reason 1

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
7Ten Reasons to Buy / Not Buy Open Source – Reason 5

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
13Ten Reasons to Buy / Not Buy Open Source – Ten Reasons Not to Buy Open Source

Ten Reasons Not to Buy Open Source
14Ten Reasons to Buy / Not Buy Open Source – Reason 1

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
24Ten Reasons to Buy / Not Buy Open Source

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