GROKLAW refers us to this… #

... article in CIO magazine on GNU/Linux use in business. It’s called The Myths of Open Source, and one by one it debunks them, by interviewing executives who have made the switch already and are happy with GNU/Linux for their business use. #

The myths thoroughly debunked are: #

MYTH 1 – THE ATTRACTION IS THE PRICE TAG ( It’s performance improvement.)
MYTH 2 – THE SAVINGS AREN’T REAL (”. . .there’s a zero marginal cost of scale because open source doesn’t require additional licenses as an installation grows.”)
MYTH 3 – THERE’S NO SUPPORT ( ”. . .existing users of open-source software appear perfectly happy with open-source support arrangements.”)
MYTH 4 – IT’S A LEGAL MINEFIELD (If you’re worried, third-party indemnification is an option.)
MYTH 5 – OPEN SOURCE ISN’T FOR MISSION-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS ( Are banks mission-critical enough for you?)
MYTH 6 – OPEN SOURCE ISN’T READY FOR THE DESKTOP (“Siemens, for example, says it has performed extensive testing with ‘real-world, nontechnical workers,’ finally declaring that Linux has now matured as a desktop system. The tests confounded the company’s expectations.”) #

The article goes on to talk about the legal angle, and to actually give credit to SCO for several items they contributed to the Linux kernal. #

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