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Open source software is now present everywhere. Open source methodology uses the power of peer review and collaborative methodology to accelerate the pace of development and reduce the cost. So now, Open source is used not only for cost, but it hold many other advantages also. Many commercial and non commercial organizations have now started using open source for business use.
Most of the Open Source Solutions are available free to download. But for adoption of Open source softwares by Corporates, they need to either have an internal team which develops expertise on open source technologies for enterprise deployment, or they need to take professional support from organizations which provide Open source support. Also, there are organizations which provide subscription based services on open source for deployments.
While taking decision on purchase of software, organization not only needs to take care of the cost of purchase of the software, but they also need to take care of total cost of ownership. Organization will go for software which has lowest cost of ownership, if all other things are equal.
Various factors due to which organization might decide to go for Open source softwares are
There are many Open Source Software available for download free of cost, making purchase prize zero.
While using Open source softwares, you don't need to count number of copies made, which makes it very cost effective during expansions
Most of the Open source softwares are more stable, hence decreasing administrative costs
Open source softwares are much less vulnerable to viruses, security breaches etc
Vendor lock in is avoided as source code is available with end customer
Organizations wanting to adopt Open Source Producst And Services can start with very low cost as most of the softwares are available for download free. Once the organization scales up, then the organizations can go for OEM supported Open source softwares.