3 years ago

Category: Business

The cost of free software is often overlooked, when adopting new innovative technologies. In this article, I’m looking into the costs of using low-priced or free technologies, especially when fast-tracking POCs into production to incorporate emerging innovative technologies. A new piece of technology is just emerging; it provides significant innovation, it is free and open-source, and it is doing precisely what the developers wished for.

This piece of technology is a perfect fit for what we need, and it is free!”

· Unexpected cumulated costs for SLA penalties and for the repair effort to address inefficiencies, failures, and workarounds until a new solution is released in production to the level of production requirements