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Greater Freedom

Many open source projects are free to use and redistribute/sell and even re-license! Turning a potential depreciating asset into an additional revenue stream.

 

 
 

Lower Ownership Cost

Zero license fees and maintenance/upgrade of the core system aggregated over many owners.

 

 
 

Lower Implementation Cost

End Users pay only for the bespoke part (typically 20%) which can properly be described as asset without the liability of the generic framework.

 
 

Lower Environmental Impact

With it's low-budget development approach, open source is built on a more disparate and typically older set of hardware. The result is a software stack that is less dependent on the latest hardware performance metrics. Less hardware means less manufacturing and less energy consumption. Not to mention lower TCO!

 

 
 

Greater Influence in Development of Core System

As active and influential open source participants, Open+ can help steer an open system's community effort in a beneficial direction.

 

 
 

Greater Maturity

Open Source is not constrained by a single company budget and as a result, typically has far more input from a far wider range of technicians.