HAGIS ltd.

Our company and Open Source

Background

GIS for municipalities

Average costs for project (before OS):

Data: 100 000 EUR

Hardware: 40 000 EUR

Software: 20 000 EUR

Implementation: 10 000 EUR

Maintenance: 20 000 EUR / year

How are we using OS?

We have published our software under GPL licence

We are using other code published under GPL

Move to OS

Average costs for project:

Data: 100 000 EUR

Hardware: 40 000 EUR

Software: 10 000 EUR

Implementation: 10 000 EUR

Maintenance: 10 000 EUR / year

Customer benefits

10 000 EUR / project

Company benefits

We have more developers and beta testers

We can use other code published under GPL

Our implementation is now cheaper

Are there any risks?

Risks

Security

Loosing small customers

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