Ten Reasons to Buy / Not Buy Open Source

Ten Reasons to Buy / Not Buy Open Source

Ten Reasons to Buy Open Source

1) Your Peers Will Think You’re Cool

2) Microsoft Executives Are Rich Enough

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

4) Microsoft Will Pay More Attention to You

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

6) Easier to Recruit College Graduates

7) Lower Application Development Costs

8) Access to Free Worldwide Support Network

9) Higher-Quality Software Because of Peer Review

10) No Need to Manage Windows Software Licenses

Ten Reasons Not to Buy Open Source

1) Microsoft Is the Safe Choice

2) Richer Set of Application Development Tools

3) Larger Number of Packaged Applications Available

4) Desktop Linux Is Immature and Perhaps Unnecessary

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

6) Windows Environments Have Better Management Tools

7) Richer Layer for Application and Business Process Integration Middleware

8) More Focused Commercial Technical Support from Microsoft

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

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

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