Lover Total Cost Of Ownership
In case of using free software there are no mandatory license fees.
Technical support cost depends exclusively on the requirements of customer.
Customer chooses support options that are required for particular systems and pays only for the services that are really used.
Vendor Independence
While designing the strategic information system it is necessary to be sure the system is independent from any particular vendor.
In case of using free software vendor independence is guaranteed because source code is open and there is no single right owner who cna dictate the policy.
No Monopoly
Software source code is open.
It guarantees equal status and equal rights for all developers and system integrators and assures fair competition and no monopoly.
Infrastructure Stability And Investment Protection
The commercial software vendor can change its strategy, lose interest in development of a particular software or just go bankrupt. In this case existence of information system, based on the software of this vendor is being threatened.
Open source software eliminates this risk because even if software vendor
disappears source code remains available and solution support can be taken over by another company.
Investment Into Local Economy
Source code availability allows technical support, software customization and
modification to be arranged within particular country or evenparticular company.
In this case von invest into the local IT market.
Flexibility
One of the major requirements while building information system of big companies and state authorities is the information system components compatibility and interoperability and the ability to replace them independently.
The main goal of commercial software vendors is to increase license selling, so they often reduce interoperability and make compatibility with software from other vendors rather complicated. Free software vendors sell services, not licenses, so they provide the customers with the highest possible flexibility and interoperability.
Security
The source code is available and can be audited to ensure the absence of hidden bugs and malware. This fact is extremely important to ensure confidential data security in governmental information systems and private PC's.
Proprietary software doesn't ensure the absence of hidden bugs and malware, so assurance level for this software is extremely low.
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