Gregory wrote: >--- Chris Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Greg, the cost of ownership of commercial verses Open Source is a >> poor comparision. > >Maybe. It could also be true that the cost of ownership for open source >is lower. That's nothing to complain about!
That's not the complaint. The term "cost of ownership" simply does not apply to most software. Comparisons based on it are inherently flawed because users of most software licenses *own* nothing except perhaps the hardware it runs on. The true cost of a proprietary software license may not become apparent until after the true owner gets bought out or goes out of business or otherwise decides to substantially raise the rent or to stop supporting and upgrading software that has become critical to the operation of your hospital. --------------------------------------- Jim Self Systems Architect, Lead Developer VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself) --------------------------------------- M2Web Demonstration with VistA (http://vista.vmth.ucdavis.edu/) (http://openforum.worldvista.org/~forum/m.cgi) --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
