Businesses of all sizes embrace open source software and the benefits it can bring. Sometimes, though, choosing proprietary software makes better business sense. Here are seven scenarios when it pays to pay for your software.
Talk to an open source evangelist and chances are he or she will tell you that software developed using the open source model is the only way to go.
doesn’t help, but many of those arguments are sound in the corporate ecosystem. Imagine trying to run a help desk when user A is trying to import a powerpoint presentation on ubuntu or when a new sysadmin is trying to deploy nextcloud.
When corporations get involved in making open source fit their needs, the result can be a co-opted project like chromium that isn’t really open.
That said, when it’s the right tool for the job, use it. Or let’s work on dissolving corporatism and encouraging businesses that don’t need policies to fit 10,000 apathetic users.
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doesn’t help, but many of those arguments are sound in the corporate ecosystem. Imagine trying to run a help desk when user A is trying to import a powerpoint presentation on ubuntu or when a new sysadmin is trying to deploy nextcloud.
When corporations get involved in making open source fit their needs, the result can be a co-opted project like chromium that isn’t really open.
That said, when it’s the right tool for the job, use it. Or let’s work on dissolving corporatism and encouraging businesses that don’t need policies to fit 10,000 apathetic users.