Aus http://www.opensource.org/docs/peru_and_ms.php
Ist zwar alt (von 2005) ist aber sehr lesenswert. Hier nur mal die wichtigsten Passagen. Kurze Zusammenfassung: Der Einsatz von Open Source Software ist nicht so sehr wegen der Kosten, sondern wegen der auf langer Sicht Vorteile für die Sicherheit, Transparenz und Stimulation der lokalen Wirtschaft.
The Peruvian government recently introduced a bill (English trans.) mandating the use of open source software by the state. [...] It is also necessary to make it clear that the aim of the Bill we are discussing is not directly related to the amount of direct savings that can by made by using free software in state institutions. [...] To guarantee the free access of citizens to public information, ... To guarantee the permanence of public data, ... To guarantee national security or the security of the State, ... [...] It is necessary to stress that there is no position more anti-competitive than that of the big software producers, which frequently abuse their dominant position, since in innumerable cases they propose as a solution to problems raised by users: "update your software to the new version" [...] With free software one creates more technically qualified employment and a framework of free competence where success is only tied to the ability to offer good technical support and quality of service, one stimulates the market, and one increases the shared fund of knowledge, opening up alternatives to generate services of greater total value and a higher quality level, to the benefit of all involved: producers, service organizations, and consumers. [...] But it is also well known that the bugs in free software are fewer, and are fixed much more quickly, than in proprietary software. [...] Now the use of free software contributes significantly to reduce the remaining life-cycle costs. This reduction in the costs of installation, support etc. can be noted in several areas: in the first place, the competitive service model of free software, support and maintenance for which can be freely contracted out to a range of suppliers competing on the grounds of quality and low cost.
Aus http://www.opensource.org/docs/peru_and_ms.php
Ist zwar alt (von 2005) ist aber sehr lesenswert. Hier nur mal die wichtigsten Passagen. Kurze Zusammenfassung: Der Einsatz von Open Source Software ist nicht so sehr wegen der Kosten, sondern wegen der auf langer Sicht Vorteile für die Sicherheit, Transparenz und Stimulation der lokalen Wirtschaft.
The Peruvian government recently introduced a bill (English trans.) mandating the use of open source software by the state.
[...]
It is also necessary to make it clear that the aim of the Bill we are discussing is not directly related to the amount of direct savings that can by made by using free software in state institutions.
[...]
To guarantee the free access of citizens to public information, ...
To guarantee the permanence of public data, ...
To guarantee national security or the security of the State, ...
[...]
It is necessary to stress that there is no position more anti-competitive than that of the big software producers, which frequently abuse their dominant position, since in innumerable cases they propose as a solution to problems raised by users: "update your software to the new version"
[...]
With free software one creates more technically qualified employment and a framework of free competence where success is only tied to the ability to offer good technical support and quality of service, one stimulates the market, and one increases the shared fund of knowledge, opening up alternatives to generate services of greater total value and a higher quality level, to the benefit of all involved: producers, service organizations, and consumers.
[...]
But it is also well known that the bugs in free software are fewer, and are fixed much more quickly, than in proprietary software.
[...]
Now the use of free software contributes significantly to reduce the remaining life-cycle costs. This reduction in the costs of installation, support etc. can be noted in several areas: in the first place, the competitive service model of free software, support and maintenance for which can be freely contracted out to a range of suppliers competing on the grounds of quality and low cost.