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I always hear people say things like there needs to be support for the thing I'm using or, it costs time to implement open source.

I hate to break it to you but it takes time to implement closed source solutions as well. They also always have terrible documentation, because they make money on support.

Purely open source stuff lives and dies on how easy it is to start up.

Closed source paid stuff doesn't need to be easy. Often a decision has been made before implementation, and there are people to help you through it.

It's also easier to get approval for open source most of the time because there isnt a new bill, just my time.

I usually reach for open source first.




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