[Discussioni] The real cost of open source (FCW.com)

[Andrea Glorioso]

http://lwn.net/Articles/113320/

 This Federal Computer Week article covers [0] the adoption of open
 source software by the U.S. Marshal Service. "For the past few years,
 the Marshal Service has been replacing SCO Group Unix with Linux in
 some back-office systems. Earlier this year, officials began
 implementing JBoss Web application servers, another open-source
 package, across the agency's 94 district offices. Traditional
 commercial alternatives would have cost $50,000 per processor in
 software licenses, and "that would have been cost-prohibitive,"
 Campbell said. "JBoss is free upfront; we only have to pay for
 maintenance."" (Thanks to David A. Wheeler)

 [0] http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/1122/feat-open-11-22-04.asp

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