ABC GIS ltd.

Our company and Open Source

Background

GIS for transport companies

Average costs for project (before OS):

Data: 50 000 EUR

Hardware: 20 000 EUR

Software (third party): 20 000 EUR

Implementation: 30 000 EUR

Maintenance: 10 000 EUR / year

How are we using OS?

Whole software components

Building interfaces and GUI ourselves that are close source

Move to OS

Average costs for project:

Data: 50 000 EUR

Hardware: 20 000 EUR

Software: 5 000 EUR

Implementation: 40 000 EUR

Maintenance: 10 000 EUR / year

Customer benefits

5 000 EUR / project

Company benefits

Not depended on licence policy

15 000 EUR / project

Is it enough?

Are there any risks?

Risks

Depended on open software with no guarantee of further development

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