Migrating to Free Open Source Software
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For small and medium-sized businesses, IT Software and License costs can quickly escalate, especially when relying on proprietary software from major providers like Microsoft. Rather than spending on expensive license fees, you can instead strengthen your team, enhance capabilities, and focus on driving innovation — putting your investment where it truly counts.
Take a 10-employee company as an example. With proprietary software solutions (hypervisors, DBMS, OS, etc.) the initial IT cost can be as high as 38.000 €, with software licenses accounting for around 10.000 €. On top of that, you'll face recurring costs of approximately 3.000 € each year. This initial cost can be reduced to 27.000 € and the recurrent yearly cost can be cut to nearly zero.
The same can be extrapolated for a larger company.
A 100 employee company that uses proprietary software (from Microsoft as well) could see its information technology operations cost at an initial amount of 290.000 €, of which the value of software licenses is around 122.000 €, and may have an approximate recurrent cost of 40.000 € yearly. This initial cost can be reduced to 119.000 € and the recurrent yearly cost to nearly zero.
Why Open Source?
Whether you host High Performance Database Management Systems, Domain Name Servers, Web Servers, Email Servers, APIs, or more, you can make it your own with Cloudship, save costs, and join the international FOSS community!
It's Auditable
The source code for FOSS is open to the public, allowing for it to be audited by anyone and everyone. Unlike in closed source or proprietary code, vulnerabilities can be found and reported by anyone.
It's Reliable
Because it's Open Sourced and Free, software with high rates of adoption comes high reliability and frequent support by the FOSS Community.
It's Contributable
If you wish to help the community, propose a new feature, or issue fixes, you can always contribute to Open-Source Projects.
It's Customizable
Open Source Code also means you can make your own custom functionality for solutions that might not exist out there.