The TCO of Open Source

Same 'ol FUD.

I love this comment:

"Gardner says open source's cost booby trap is related to the piecemeal design of open-source applications -- compared with the integrated software offered by proprietary platforms."

Yup. Only in America.

Here's the fun part: "piecemeal" -- ie, developed by different people/organizations -- is called competition and the free market in other contexts.

Here's to piecemeal! It doesn't matter if GM talks to Ford or Nissan when building its cars, so long as they all know how to go down the road.

I don't bother reading Newsfactor very often anymore. it's just bullsh!t.

Let me guess. They conviently left 2002-2004 virus attacks out of the study, and the costs it takes to clean them up?

What do you mean! It's great to only buy from one supplier -- helps make things simple -- only one person to talk to when things break! I mean, that's a no-brainer :)

Of course, that's if you can get through on the 1-900 line that they've setup for support...

--FeriCyde

Always the same. Always trying to confuse the "free as in beer" with the "Free as in Freedom".

It is a good thing that businesses with competant management and IT professionals pierce through this crap and see the benefits of Freedom. All the others may perish as is the custom with inept businesses.

r_a_trip: Don't count on it -- it's better than it was say, 5 years ago when I'd be confronted by this kind of drivel by managment that should know better. At least today there will 10 times the voices in the other direction.

The main thing here, though, on our side, is the truth. Too many companies saving a ton by using Free Software and talking about it.

Still, stuff like this deserves some kind of parody, IMHO... :)

--FeriCyde