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Thursday, 22 January 2009 |
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The “total cost of ownership”
is a proprietary software vendors argument (usually Microsoft) , to
show why Open Source solutions are free but actually are not cheaper
to run that systems than proprietary systems that costs thousands to
implement!? “
“I have always suspected this to be a
ridiculous argument”, says Philip Copeman, project leader of
TurboCASH Accounting. “Microeconomics 101 tells me that the
price of a free market service will always be cheaper than the price
of a monopolists. Sure we experience cost of service, exactly like
this of a proprietary vendor, but in the Open Source case, there is
no vendor lock in and the user is free to change his consultant.”
“A recent inquiry by a user on the
cost of a multi user with 2 tills and and back Office machine lead me
to cost the alternatives. The results speak for themselves …”
Philip Copeman -Project Leader 
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 February 2009 )
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