On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Murigi Muraya <mmskunkworks@gmail.com> wrote:
http://sinhale.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/sri-lankas-millenium-it-is-bought-fo...
Cost savings for the LSE are coming more from cheaper Sri Lankan labour (software developers) than from what some call 'Open Source'. There were complaints in the UK even by those who are anti Microsoft that jobs will be lost (to Sri Lanka).
its the overall cost-benefit of the accquistion thats made the decision for the LSE, not just "cheap labor" or open source, though all these things add to the cost benefit analysis : -- Resale value (they can resell the system to other exchanges to recoup the costs) -- Outsourced labor and intellectual property is cheaper (though in this case they have accquired the intellectual property) -- Direct access to support and knowledge of software (without sub-contracting to a third -party vendor) -- Simplified licensing costs / issues (i.e. if the system actually runs on open source underpinings ....)