August 8, 2005
SAC '05
3
The Core Issue: Price ≠ Cost
“You can’t beat the
purchase price of open-source products: free.
But the real costs of adopting such
a package are harder to measure – some assembly is required, to say the least. Installing open-source software and customizing it to a college’s needs can keep the institution’s programmers busy for weeks, months, or more.”
“5 Challenges
for Open Source”
Chronicle of
Higher Education
September 24,
2004