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	Open Source gains from the downturn

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11-26-2008 11:31 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/da15532a-497f-4ca7-aeb4-edb87f2176d7/905D873D-8524-4DAA-8232-B171691ADC02/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009856o-2000469549b,00.htm" href="http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009856o-2000469549b,00.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">community.zdnet.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009856o-2000469549b,00.htm"><H1><A name="10009856"></A><A title="Open source gains from the downturn?" href="http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009856o-2000469549b,00.htm" rel="bookmark">Open source gains from the downturn?</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009856o-2000469549b,00.htm">In the short term, there's no denying that open source companies will suffer, 
like everyone else. Everyone is so shocked at the powerful downturn meme, that 
it can look like no-one is buying anything at all (it's true. I've been holding 
off on buying things like printer paper and toner). </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009856o-2000469549b,00.htm">Long term, though, people do have to buy things again - but they will be more 
price conscious. (Yes. I'm printing on the back of documents. When they run out, 
I'll get more paper, but I won't go for the high-quality stuff). <BR><BR>At that 
point, open source wins - because it's cheaper in upfront costs. Asay lists 
three deals where he says Alfresco was up to 90 percent cheaper than 
proprietary: "One competitor had a $5 million bid, and we won with a $500,000 
bid. We won another with a $250,000 bid; and another in Canada, [the bid from 
the proprietary software company] was well over $1 million, and ours was 
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