tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post3373001585441587581..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Gartner's Trough of DisillusionmentGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-85200207362272216592007-08-03T16:08:00.000+00:002007-08-03T16:08:00.000+00:00I'm afraid I don't quite know what the $20 million...I'm afraid I don't quite know what the $20 million is that you're referring to, and I certainly don't support "featherbedding", since I'm no friend of large, inefficient corporate consultancies.<BR/><BR/>But in general, I'd say that being locked into proprietary solutions can easily cost ten or a hundred times that figure: provided the alternatives are truly open - and not "supposedly" - then yes, they're preferable, because any "large corporate consultancies" can be given the boot when they fail to deliver. That's not the case when using off-the-shelf software if it uses its own standards.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-17188009479264990872007-08-03T15:58:00.000+00:002007-08-03T15:58:00.000+00:00So you support the European institutions featherbe...So you support the European institutions featherbedding large corporate consultancies that have cost European taxpayers more than €20M for their supposed "open standard solutions" for the European Commission's administration, rather than buying fully-functional off-the-shelf software at a fraction of the price?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com