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"Open source even if causing problems that dont exist with commercial solutions is worth it overall." Spoken like someone who doesn't have to deal with the day
by compiler-guy 4y ago
"Open source even if causing problems that dont exist with commercial solutions is worth it overall."
Spoken like someone who doesn't have to deal with the day-in-day-out hassle of running it in a school environment and dealing with the lack of knowledge and support from your superiors and users.
- hirako2000 4y agoI actually did that a couple of years and in a foreign country that include language barrier and all sort of logistical issues for provisioning hardware. It's more than do-able, but yes, it involves thinking over needs and filling gaps that aren't so obvious how to fill at first + training staff. But that's what education is all about so open source only, and it worked. The only commercial/closed source pieces we used are cloud solutions, even then, it could have been avoided by having just one other IT onboard to maintain self hosted alternatives, which would have cost less than the sum of the subscription services. But yea here again it would have taken some education and a bit more planning as no open source is click and play like most commercial solutions. We are bringing lack of knowledge and training to explain the current trend, what an irony given we are talking about sanctuaries of knowledge and education.