Security, Privacy, and Sustainability Costs for “Free” Software
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Traditional total cost of ownership analysis does not consider the unique costs and benefits of free software and services, particularly if delivered through the Internet.
“Understanding the costs as well as benefits of ‘free’ software will avoid creating the expectation that there is such a thing as a ‘free lunch’ in IT - a benchmark that no IT Business model can meet.”
As per the report both Free as well as Paid software end up with the same cost of maintenance. In fact in come cases you might be saving on acquisition cost but might be compromising on security.
You can read the full report of ACT about the cost of Free Software here.
I am not sure if this report was funded by Microsoft or not and I am not against Open source software :)
1 comments:
Free is not actually free, it always comes with terms and conditions. for linux the support cost is more than buying cost. there are too many issues after installing ubuntu, fedora or suse you always have to get online to get the essentials pack and all the bullshit. many times the sound card does not work, wifi does not connect, 3g modems do not get detected, fingerprint never works. why should i take all that headache when i calculate i spend more than 5days to get workable distro configured, for windows it takes less than a day and only thing is i loose 4 days worth of time which i think i can do other productive things. free is the most costly stuff.
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