tco

how to estimate the TCO of open source implementations

I mean, this is Sakai, the open source project of a learning management system. But, really I'm clueless trying to estimate the hidden costs in one implementation project (on the technology side, not the pedagogy-stuff) in a small-medium scale institution. Deployment (1 engineer two or three months, with experience in JEE) Customisatio...

What is the best way to protect your investments in software/development?

What strategy will you choose, to protect your investment in software (or which stragegy does your company have choosen)? If you search strategies at Google you might find a lot of results, showing company ads without any consistent message. It seems all to be fluff. I've heard a lot about strategic actions to improve the overall ROI. ...

Is it wise decision to move from .NET to JEE or RoR?

To develop a new project we are thinking to train .NET people learning either JEE or Ruby on Rails. This decision is just because of open source and to avoid purchasing of operating system also Sql Server database. Currently there are no people who work on either JEE or RoR. All team members should learn from the scratch. If applicati...