Alright, for this school blog, I have to explain in a brief memo to a boss in a such and such corporation that I supposedly work for how open source licensing is cool and basically show how it can be beneficial financially. K?
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Dear Mr./Mrs. Boss,
It has come to my attention through TPS reports that our company is seemingly hemorrhaging money due to the fact that our current systems rely heavily on expensive commercial software. Although our new software gets the job done accordingly, I find that using more open ended software could greatly reduce many of our company’s unnecessary software expenditures.
Our current versions of Microsoft Office cost $150 apiece. The Windows OS alone is $250 plus the Microsoft licensing for each terminal.. Both of these can be easily replaced by identical and heavily supported open ended programs such as Open Office and current free licensed revisions of Linux like Debian or Ubuntu. This could mean hundreds of thousands of dollars a year saved on just software upgrades alone per building.
These replacements would not cost you or the company nearly anything. Open source software is mostly free but some programs do require licensing which isn’t nearly as costly or hassle in comparison to our current order. A Linux OS license for Ubuntu would be completely free in this case and could easily be loaded into every computer along with equally free compatible software within a day.
I would be more than willing to assist putting in a week’s worth of work installing the new software in each system if you were willing to accept open sourced software.
Thanks,
Chris O
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Anyway, that's how I'd say it without sounding too complicated. I get a raise, right..?
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