[Freegis-list] [off-topic] how to "sell" GIS idea?

[Bernhard Reiter]

Am 15. Sep 2005 um 11:27:48 schrieb Michael Gould Carlson:
> Is that TCO rule-of-thumb backed up by hard data?  :-)

Yes.
	http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html#tco
	
And there are also good reasons why this is the case.

	http://www.members.optushome.com.au/brendanscott/papers/freesoftwaretco150702.html

> The flexibility (and freedom) argument is easier to easier to accept without
> data.

It is even more easy to accept with data. ;)
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