Why we agreed on Linux and OSS

• Linux provides reliability and maintainability

  • Cheaper than big metal solution (Sun, HP, IBM).
  • More reliable and manageable than a Microsoft solution

• Cost effective

  • Widest availability of OSS solutions on the Linux platform
  • Able to lower risk of project by reducing expenditure earlier on

• Complete

  • Able to find solutions for all main enterprise problem domains applicable to the school's business

• Linux and OSS provides the most flexibility

  • packaged solutions without source can't be integrated as easily – sometimes never when point and click is the only interface