CIOs Band Together Against Paying For Software Bugs 361
gmerideth writes: "This article over at cio.com interviews several CIO's who are sick and tired of spending billions every year on software upgrades simply because the creater tells them to upgrade as they wont support previous versions or they get stuck into lengthy, costly licenses. Quoted from the article "Other companies, such as Ameritrade Holding, are opting for open-source technologies such as the GNU and Linux operating systems, the Apache Web server and Sendmail e-mail.". It's glad to see the open source movement doing it's job."
Re:But the problem still remains... (Score:5, Funny)
Ahem...
"The more Oracle/Microsoft/etc tighten the grip, the more systems will slip through their fingers."
Re:Is Open Source the answer? (Score:2, Funny)
And how many $2.56 checks do you have?
Re:OSS for the wrong reasons (Score:2, Funny)
Hmmm, perhaps this isn't the best analogy for Slashdotters;)