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Open vs. Proprietary Software: Value and Risk

Max Kaevsky
15/Sep/2011 07:01

In his recent blog, Dave Handelsman looked at open source vs. proprietary software debate and concluded that businesses should evaluate software not based on “free vs. fee” but instead on “value vs. risk”. I completely agree with Dave’s assessment. I would go a step further and conclude that open source software provides better value with less risk than proprietary software. Let’s take a closer look.