Open source is not free. The term 'open source' has replaced the term 'free software' because many people assumed 'free' to mean 'zero cost' whereas it was always intended to mean 'freedom'. Considering the barriers to adoption of open source (lack of formal support and professional services, lack of roadmap, velocity of change, ...) it becomes clear that the notion of 'free stuff' is false. It is true that an organization could use open source software and support itself by providing the necessary skills to:
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Organizations have the freedom to do all these things but they should not consider fulfilling these needs to be of zero cost.
If you accept that open source software is not a zero cost solution you must then accept that these costs can occur
in the form of time (internal man hours) or money (given to some external organization) or both.
In addition to the costs above there are also risks to be managed. In fact if you look at the commonly listed barriers to the adoption of open
source software you will find that most of them are related to some kind of risk and not to any kind of cost. It is difficult for most organizations
to manage all of these risks themselves: the number of people and the range of skills required to do so is prohibitive. For small organizations
or low-risk projects these risks can be tolerated but for larger projects risk management is a significant issue.
This leads to the basic rational of Click2eLearn's training: to provide organizations with an alternative to 'going it alone' with
open source.
Open source technologies have proven to reduce the operating costs of IT departments worldwide. When learning to use these
complex technologies, web-based training is often the most cost-effective way to increase competence and maximize your productivity. Our professional
approach to Open Source Software [OSS] is intended to help organization and professionals manage some of the risks of adopting and deploying
open source software.
Click2eLearn provides affordable, tested and proven online training with unlimited access 24 hours/day, 7 days/week by delivering the following
benefits to every student:
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Our solution will give you what you want:
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How Click2eLearn LMS benefits your organization:
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How Click2eLearn LMS can help your users:
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