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The Real Costs of "Free"

Event posted 10/15/09 by Kym Wootton, last edited 10/29/09

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Event:

The Real Costs of "Free"

Description:

Many BI vendors offer free trials of their software and some even offer free versions of their offerings. Open source provides one such example, with general source code being available for download. But what does free really mean? Even though software might not cost anything, there are development, implementation, and maintenance costs that can lead something originally considered free to actually become quite an investment.

Our next BeyeCONNECT event will discuss the cost factors that should be considered when looking at "free" offerings - some of these are:

implementation and overall interoperability
required support costs
customization
licensing limitations

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Date:

November 9, 2009 from 10:00am - 11:00am

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posted 10/16/09 by Lyndsay Wise
I'm looking forward to the next BeyeConnect chat! If anyone has any special requests regarding specific solutions let me know - i.e. demystifying some of the free offerings out there - whether it is related to open source or to offering announcements (two more recent examples are Microstrategy and QlikView) and the varying levels of involvement required to get these systems up and running.
posted 10/22/09 by Andrew Powell
I'm interested to learn about the new cost of free. I wonder if its not quite free in the long run. :)
posted 11/06/09 by Jane Maruszewski
We're excited to hear expert insights on "free." At MicroStrategy, we took care to (1) offer a full-fledged reporting package in the free MicroStrategy Reporting Suite, (2) enumerate what's included (http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware/learnmore/), and (3) show transparently what you can add on (http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware/learnmore/addons.asp).