Comments on: Finacial crisis and open source. http://www.datasyncsuite.com/blog/2008/09/24/finacial-crisis-and-open-source/ DataSync Inc, SugarCRM, Zimbra, QuickBooks, Drupal and More. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:31:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Baier http://www.datasyncsuite.com/blog/2008/09/24/finacial-crisis-and-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-343 David Baier Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:37 +0000 http://www.datasyncsuite.com/blog/2008/09/24/finacial-crisis-and-open-source/#comment-343 In a slow economy implementing CRM can be a risk reduction and cost cutting measure that many organizations will consider, this fact coupled with the cost-effectiveness of SugarCRM subscriptions and implementations make it a a very low risk approach to CRM. We will see many companies that have not previously considered open source in the past, inclined to consider it now. Commercial open source CRM software has evolved over the last several years and is now ready for the enterprise. This coupled with the current economic conditions can be the impetus that propels open source in general and open source CRM into the forefront. Like Linux before it, commercial open source is primed for the enterprise and explosive growth. At the end of this current economic downturn, we may look back and say this was a defining event for open source. In a slow economy implementing CRM can be a risk reduction and cost cutting measure that many organizations will consider, this fact coupled with the cost-effectiveness of SugarCRM subscriptions and implementations make it a a very low risk approach to CRM. We will see many companies that have not previously considered open source in the past, inclined to consider it now. Commercial open source CRM software has evolved over the last several years and is now ready for the enterprise. This coupled with the current economic conditions can be the impetus that propels open source in general and open source CRM into the forefront. Like Linux before it, commercial open source is primed for the enterprise and explosive growth. At the end of this current economic downturn, we may look back and say this was a defining event for open source.

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