Assessing Enterprise with Free Open Source Options in the Public Sector
How free is free software? That’s a question IT managers often ponder as
they try to determine the best approach to developing, and then supporting,
critical applications. Open source software, by convention, always comes
in a free or “community” version. Indeed, the community is the essence
of open source, the foundation of its strength in the world of technolo-
gy. However, there can be consequences, and surprisingly high costs asso-
ciated with the free option. In the public sector, in particular, the issue can
be challenging to navigate. In this paper, Red Hat users on PeerSpot share
their experiences with the Enterprise versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat
Ceph Storage. They discuss how the Enterprise versions confer benefits like
stronger security and scalability, along with the importance of speeding up
deployment, support and open ecosystems.
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