Companies

Why companies should use Free Software

Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!
David A. Wheeler
dwheeler at dwheeler.com
Revised as of September 30, 2004

This paper provides quantitative data that, in many cases, using open source software / free software is a reasonable or even superior approach to using their proprietary competition according to various measures. This paper's goal is to show that you should consider using OSS/FS when acquiring software. This paper examines market share, reliability, performance, scalability, security, and total cost of ownership. It also has sections on non-quantitative issues, unnecessary fears, OSS/FS on the desktop, usage reports, other sites providing related information, and ends with some conclusions. An appendix gives more background information about OSS/FS. You can view this paper at [1].

What companies are using Free Software

This space is intended to be a list of some of the national, international and local companies using Free Software.

e.g. Yubico in Sweden publishes their website using WordPress and has job listings specifying free software skills. But also, they publish software that is under a BSD license

Case studies

Particular users and both the goals/requirements they had and the solution they found.

Companies Providing Free Software Service and Consulting

You should list yourself here if you are a LOCAL consultant, manufacturer, or service company who predominantly works with free software.