Benefits
The benefits of using Open Source Infrastructure (OSI) is as below:
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No Vendor Lock-In
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The OSI is based on Open Standard, which mean all applications work together according to publicly available standard. So you can freely upgrade any components without having to change all together. For example, you can change the Primary Domain Server to Linux based and your desktop continue to login. Also change the Email Server to Linux based, you continue to read mail using your favourite email clients.
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Permanent Solution
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Sometimes a small change or improvement can caused almost everything else to change. Without control, you are at the mercy of the vendor. If source code is available, you can easily improved only at the part that need to improve. Thus you maintain the original system with enhancement. Hence your solution is permanent.
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Flexible
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We architect our OSI solution into multiple components and each components is independent to others. You can freely upgrade or replace any component. For example, you can upgrade the Operating System to the next version and your desktop continue to login as usual.
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Lower Total Cost of Ownership
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The total cost of ownership is reduced by using OSI because you do not need to re-investing into new hardware everytime the new version of operating system is released. In proprietary world, when buying new hardware, you have to buy new license as well. It is not transferable. The reason is because you never own the product, but only license to use. In Open Source world, you upgrade to new version when you see fit. You change hardware when it is time to retire it. You install back the software you have and business continue as usual.
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