{"id":991,"date":"2009-12-08T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=991"},"modified":"2009-12-08T07:00:58","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T15:00:58","slug":"open-source-not-cheap-enough-to-drive-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/open-source-not-cheap-enough-to-drive-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Source: Not Cheap Enough To Drive Migration"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve lived through or are now living through the ‘Great Recession’.\u00a0 And while this recession has hit traditional business models hard, the consensus has been that the recession will only further accelerate Open Source adoption because businesses are scrambling to save dollars.\u00a0 But the reality is that most larger companies have not been pushed to jump aboard Open Source, at least in a big way, not just yet.\u00a0 Most companies have slashed IT budgets and are ‘staying the course’.<\/p>\n

Why?\u00a0 While the price of Open Source software is attractive, migration and other ‘hidden’ costs, such as training,\u00a0 have held companies back from selecting Open Source.\u00a0 Peter Birley, director of IT and business operations <\/a>at Browne Jacobson LLP, said that “regardless of any possible functional benefits of an open source system, the cost of change and retraining would outweigh any benefits certainly in the short term and the project would distract from other more pressing needs.”<\/p>\n

IT leaders point out that moving to Open Source brings with it additional risks that you don’t need to contend with using traditional software.\u00a0 And more time needs to be spent in managing and mitigating those risks.\u00a0 There is also the difficulty in being able to find the right specialized IT skills needed to setup and maintain Open Source software.\u00a0 The risks are hard to quantify, but they need to be considered when comparing any option, whether it is Open Source or traditional.<\/p>\n

The bottom line is that Open Source continues to grow in mind share and in total number of users, but the great recession has not turned out to be the huge bonanza for Open Source that many analysts have predicted.<\/p>\n

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We’ve lived through or are now living through the ‘Great Recession’.\u00a0 And while this recession has hit traditional business models hard, the consensus has been that the recession will only further accelerate Open Source adoption because businesses are scrambling to…<\/span><\/p>\n

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