On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 11:17 +0530, Hrishikesh Murali wrote: > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > >in the business point of view opensource softwares can make > profit > > > >much lower than that of proprietary. Is that be true? > > > > no > > -- > > regards > > KG > > > > Why do you say so?
typical example: a friend was asked to quote for some complicated network setup. The windows people had quoted something like 8 lakhs for software and 1.5 lakhs for installation and configuration. My friend quoted 0 lakhs for software and 7.5 lakhs for installation, configuration and one year support. So who earned more? Typically since the software is free and installation and configuration are one time affairs, we can charge much more than the proprietary guys. (and our time is worth much more) -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
