Why Free / Libre / Open Source software

There are tons of reasons. Just search online and you'll find plenty of contributors / promoters / activists explain why. Organisations need to be in control of their data and software.

Let's use this page for quotes and links of enterprise users who have decided to move away from proprietary software, and towards Free / Libre / Open Source software. Their real-world experience is priceless.

English

• https://publiccode.eu/
• "Use cases are being analysed in order to guide EuroCIO members with alternatives from open source application platforms."
• Cigref published a report “Open source, an alternative to major IT providers”
• https://www.cigref.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Cigref_June2018_Press_Folder_on_IT_suppliers_EN.pdf
• EuroCIO Supplier Satisfaction Survey reveals slowdown of cloud adoption and increase of exit strategies and actions due to inflexible vendor licensing and pricing models
• https://www.cigref.fr/swipo-failure-regulate-european-cloud-market
• https://slashdot.org/story/19/12/29/0654217

Dutch

• https://www.cio-platform.nl/k/nl/n626/news/view/7486/6652/presentatie-resultaten-leverancierstevredenheidsonderzoek-2018.html
• https://www.cio-platform.nl/k/nl/n626/news/view/7304/6652/nieuws-van-eurocio.html

French

• https://www.cigref.fr/grands-fournisseurs-numerique-modele-affaires-pratiques-equilibres-relations-communique-cigref-juillet-2019
• "Rétablir la souveraineté de la France et de l’Europe et protéger nos entreprises des lois et mesures à portée extra territoriale": https://www.gazette-du-palais.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rapport-Gauvain-190626-vdef.pdf
• https://publiccode.eu/fr/
• https://www.cigref.fr/pour-une-relation-equilibree-et-source-dinnovation-entre-grandes-entreprises-et-fournisseurs-du-numerique
• https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/les-negociations-commerciales-se-tendent-sur-le-marche-informatique-francais-1031928
• https://www.cio-online.com/actualites/lire-cigref-fournisseurs-it-la-brouille-s-intensifie-11321.html
• https://www.cigref.fr/publication-open-source-une-alternative-aux-grands-fournisseurs-du-numerique
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/violent-coup-de-gueule-des-dsi-aupr%C3%A8s-g%C3%A9ants-du-fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-simottel/
• https://www.cio-online.com/actualites/lire-le-cigref-tonne-l-orage-approche-pour-les-fournisseurs-10418.html
• https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lireamp-le-cigref-acte-la-rupture-avec-oracle-et-pousse-les-alternatives-68710.html
• https://www.silicon.fr/relations-fournisseurs-dsi-cigref-254901.html
• https://www.silicon.fr/comportement-commercial-oracle-inadmissible-cigref-179427.html
• https://www.silicon.fr/relations-fournisseurs-cigref-denonce-pratiques-212895.html
• https://www.larevuedudigital.com/les-dsi-veulent-desserrer-letau-financier-des-editeurs-de-logiciels-grace-a-lopen-source/

Related links

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16567009

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