Linux and Open Source Software

What makes Red Hat Linux the software for your small business? Simply because it is comparable to Microsoft software at a fraction of the cost.

This special report will show how your business can save P13,200 per desktop PC, and P30,000 per server in software licensing fees alone.

November 2003

Stop Paying For Software License!

What makes Red Hat Linux the software for your business? Simply because it is comparable to Microsoft software at a fraction of the cost.

1. HEADLINES

2. INTRODUCTION TO LINUX AND OPENSOURCE SOFTWARE

• Rising software licensing cost
• The Business Software Alliance (BSA)
• What you can do

3. ABOUT RED HAT LINUX

• How Red Hat Linux fits into your company
• Red Hat Linux vs. Microsoft
• Data, printer, and Internet sharing

4. OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

• Free software
• OpenOffice vs. Microsoft Office
• Over P150,000+ in cost savings

5. HOW TO GET STARTED

• ICT Standards and your company in 3 easy steps.

Copyright 2003 by Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Standards (Asia), Inc. All rights reserved.

Inexpensive, reliable, and easy to use software are now being used by Fortune 500 companies, universities, and governments.

INan unprecedented move for a state-run school, the University of the Philippines system (campuses) has begun a gradual migration from Microsoft Windows to Open Source software, INQ7.net learned. The state university is now migrating its computer systems to Open Source technology beginning February 2003. Source: INQ7.net

FORD is joining the ranks of governments and local authorities across the world that have switched from Microsoft software to the free Open Source alternative Linux. The car giant will run its sales operations, human resources, customer relations management and the rest of its infrastructure operations on the upstart technology. That makes Ford’s defection to Linux the biggest potential threat to Microsoft in the software developer’s 28-year history. Source: Tony Glover, www.business.scotsman.com

The civil service in China and Japan also announced plans to use more non-Microsoft or Linux software on desktop PCs. Source: CNETAsia

In 2001, China's Beijing municipal government also snubbed Microsoft and awarded six software contracts to Chinese vendors. These included a deal for 2,000 desktop OS seats with Red Flag Linux, a state-linked Linux developer. Source: Winston Chai, CNET News.com

The Philippines is just among several governments that are turning to Linux; until recently, the US government is taking a serious look into Linux for its own IT projects; European countries, such as Germany, France, UK, Spain, and Italy have already begun implementing various government projects that would adapt Linux. Source: Alex F. Villafania, Mctimes.net

For countries with a strong manufacturing base such as China, Korea and Japan, Linux gives them a chance to create an operating system free of licensing fees and with full control over the source code. Also, for China and India, there is national pride in working with an operating system that has intellectual property not owned by an American company. Source: Winston Chai, CNET News.com

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