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Cost-Conscious Companies Turn To Open Source

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

Martyr4BK writes "BusinessWeek has a slew of special reports today on open source software discussing the benefits for buyers who are cost conscious and open source being the silver lining for the economic slump. They even have a slideshow of 'OSS alternatives' like Linux, Apache, MySQL, Firefox, Xen, Pentaho, OpenOffice.org, Drupal, Alfresco, SugarCRM, and Asterisk. These are all good examples (we use a bunch of them already); what other open source software can I use to drop my company's IT costs, and maybe get a decent bonus for the year?"

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  1. Re:Obligatory question by lewp · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good point. This is why the ultimate cost saver is to switch from commercial software to pirated commercial software.

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    Game... blouses.
  2. Re:"Alternative"? by larry+bagina · · Score: 3, Funny

    A spoon is a viable alternative to a shovel in certain circumstances like eating soup.

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    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  3. Re:Would love to... by xs650 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Would love to save $$$ with OSS, but the software I need (robust, full-featured POS..."

    With that requirement, it would be hard to beat Microsoft's offings.