I was reading Chris Dawson's education blog on ZDNet as I do often. he had a recent post about Linux and meeting all of one's needs. This is very true and more than anything adds credence to my title. In order for any us to get people to switch to open source alternatives, we have to make it very easy. Much like Apple computers, it just has to simply work.
At OS4Ed, we are doing our best to emulate this practice. That is the reason we created an automated installation process so that non technical users could easily try our software. Eliminating upfront license fees, lowering total cost of ownership, 100% web-based, built on all free open source software doesn't mean anything if it is not easy.
How do we successfully move people over to open source? Make it so easy and so affordable that the decision is no brainer.
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