Comments on: Open Source as a Marketing Strategy and a Compiere Blog http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/01/19/open-source-as-a-marketing-strategy-and-a-compiere-blog/ Consulting services for companies wanting to engage with online communities through social media.Focused on online communities, open technologies, open source, web 2.0, social media, RSS, blogging, and podcasting. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anonymous http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/01/19/open-source-as-a-marketing-strategy-and-a-compiere-blog/#comment-515 Anonymous Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:35:35 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/?p=267#comment-515 Hi, I like they way you created and manage your blog. As long as I have time, I will try to keep visiting. And if you ever need <a href="http://www.livechatinc.com" title="Live Chat"><strong>Live Chat</strong></a> solutions for business, please search for LIVECHAT ContactCenter! Bye! Hi, I like they way you created and manage your blog. As long as I have time, I will try to keep visiting. And if you ever need Live Chat solutions for business, please search for LIVECHAT ContactCenter! Bye!

]]> By: James http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/01/19/open-source-as-a-marketing-strategy-and-a-compiere-blog/#comment-514 James Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:12:06 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/?p=267#comment-514 Also, the introduction of Windows Vista into the market may create opportunities for open source software and hardware to gain market share in the health care industry! I have read articles that suggest that the requirements mandated towards hardware vendors will increase costs for PC owners who want to view or listen to premium content. In addition, it may cripple a user's ability to access premium content on open source systems, such as Linux.<br /><br />If this is indeed true, then industries, such as health care and other business sectors not reliant on premium content solutions, may look for cheaper and more reliable alternatives in the open source community.<br /><br />Although Linux may not be able to access premium content, it will be free of the overhead that Windows Vista will require; thus, the lack of this overhead represents just one more eliminated barrier in hospitals switching from proprietary solutions to open source.<br /><br />This article contains more information on this topic:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html">A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista</a> Also, the introduction of Windows Vista into the market may create opportunities for open source software and hardware to gain market share in the health care industry! I have read articles that suggest that the requirements mandated towards hardware vendors will increase costs for PC owners who want to view or listen to premium content. In addition, it may cripple a user’s ability to access premium content on open source systems, such as Linux.

If this is indeed true, then industries, such as health care and other business sectors not reliant on premium content solutions, may look for cheaper and more reliable alternatives in the open source community.

Although Linux may not be able to access premium content, it will be free of the overhead that Windows Vista will require; thus, the lack of this overhead represents just one more eliminated barrier in hospitals switching from proprietary solutions to open source.

This article contains more information on this topic:

A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista

]]> By: Ohlaph http://fastwonderblog.com/2007/01/19/open-source-as-a-marketing-strategy-and-a-compiere-blog/#comment-513 Ohlaph Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:03:37 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/?p=267#comment-513 Open source is great for everyone! I use Joomla! and a few other freeware/open source programs and applications and it's amazing as to how under rated these tools are. I enjoyed your post! Open source is great for everyone! I use Joomla! and a few other freeware/open source programs and applications and it’s amazing as to how under rated these tools are. I enjoyed your post!

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