Open Source introduction part 3 - Unjustly not loved

Government must be on Open Source and Open Standards

As part of this effort, the Dutch government set up, among other things, the Open Source Open Standard Software (OSOSS) program, now known as Nederland Open in Verbinding (NoiV).

Open Source software often not considered due to outdated criteria

A major disadvantage for Open Source companies is that they are not supported with marketing material or actions from the software producer. That means less budget available for marketing and sales activities.

Open Source is unknown and therefore unloved. Other criteria should be on the selection list; all factors in which closed software scores poorly but which are usually not even considered in current selection processes. The mainstream software industry also seems to be doing a nice job of not including or downplaying these criteria in selection lists.

• dependence on the supplier;
• long-term costs;
• How many of its own employees work to improve the software (suggests innovativeness, whereas in Open Source the actual "innovation department" of the community is much larger);
• indirect costs such as license management costs and risks of BSA fines (neither of which are applicable with Open Source software);
• the software builder's marketing budget should no longer be a decisive criterion;