Inc. staff
Jan 1, 2007
The Open-Source Advantage
Backcountry.com shopped for licensed software, but decided it could do better with open source. Here's how much the company estimates it has saved.
| Application | Traditional Software | Open Source |
| Microsoft Outlook $900 per person per year |
Zimbra Free, plus $500 per person per year for support |
|
| Knowledge Management | PeopleSoft $100,000 a year |
MediaWiki Free |
| E-commerce | IBM WebSphere $500,000 per year, plus $300,000 per year in consulting fees |
Interchange Free, plus $100,000 in consulting fees |
| Database | Documentum $100,000 a year |
PostgreSQL Free |
| Operating System | Microsoft $130,000 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Free, plus $50,000 for support |
Totals |
$1.2 million to $3 million | $380,000 |
