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CIOs Band Together Against Paying For Software Bugs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-make-it-run dept.

gmerideth writes: "This article over at cio.com interviews several CIO's who are sick and tired of spending billions every year on software upgrades simply because the creater tells them to upgrade as they wont support previous versions or they get stuck into lengthy, costly licenses. Quoted from the article "Other companies, such as Ameritrade Holding, are opting for open-source technologies such as the GNU and Linux operating systems, the Apache Web server and Sendmail e-mail.". It's glad to see the open source movement doing it's job."

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  1. Re:But the problem still remains... by dillon_rinker · · Score: 5, Funny

    The more Oracle/Microsoft/etc squeeze to inflate their bottom line, the more people abandon ship and switch to OS.

    Ahem...

    "The more Oracle/Microsoft/etc tighten the grip, the more systems will slip through their fingers."

  2. Re:Is Open Source the answer? by Ikari+Gendo · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...but it could just as easily be describing Mozilla, KDE (or GNOME, to be fair), Emacs, TeX, or the RedHat Linux distro.

    And how many $2.56 checks do you have?

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  3. Re:OSS for the wrong reasons by rweir · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't that a little like making a date for the prom with the ugly girl, knowing full well that once you've made the cheerleader jealous, she'll go with you after all?

    Hmmm, perhaps this isn't the best analogy for Slashdotters;)