[OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for a one pager write up for Why Open Source is good.

[María Arias de Reyna]

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) <
bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:

>  Hi All,
>
> I'm looking for a one pager write-up for a Booth display for why Open
> Source Software is a good bet for businesses.
>
> Anything I can use freely or pointers would be appreciated. This is
> intended as an informational handout.
>
> I have a start on something below, maybe it's easier for folks to add to
> these.  I'll go off and look some on Google
>
> Thanks in advance.
>


Hi,

Look for the four liberties of free software. Here are some hints:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
And don't use open, use free:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html


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> Here are some benefits that Open Source software gives you.
>
>    - You are not prohibited from using Commercial Software in the mix.
>    - The act of using OpenSource software in general is also promoting
>    the Open-Data concept as well as Open-Standards.
>    - You are not requiring other potential business partners to use
>    Commercial Software in order to use your services and get at your data in
>    an unfettered manner, nor to serve their data to you.  Interoperability is
>    considerably enhanced.  The big commerical packages offer these
>    capabilities as well, but beware of special situations and process
>    additions that still bind your process to a commercial package.
>    - The bigger picture view is that OpenSource should be thought of as a
>    method for keeping business operations open and inter-operable across
>    boundaries and jurisdictions.  And to be thought of as a business best
>    practice.  It's not about going 100% OpenSource, even though you can if you
>    want to, but to provide a system and mechanisms that work for both
>    proprietary and open technologies.
>
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