We’ve mentioned open source is free, indeed as in free to use it within personalized deployments, adapted as needed.

The reference to ‘Free’ Open Source Software of FOSS is often misconstrued to mean free of charge, which is sometimes the case, but not always, and certainly not mandatory.

While the software may be free to use, and maybe even free of charge, the time and effort of the companies behind good open source software isn’t often free.

Whenever technical support, training or even personalized developments from the software providers themselves are needed, users should expect to become paying customers.

Another monetization strategy for some companies, is to offer a free-of-charge version, which does not have technical support available, while also offering a paid licensed version which they offer support and upgrades for.

At PAiC BD we believe that open source is key on may fronts:

• For continuous innovation – gathering insights from numerous and varied real life use cases.

• To provide peace of mind to our customers – ensuring their deployments and adaptations will always run free of restrictive licenses.

• To maintain affordable prices – since innovation responsibilities are shared with users, PAiC BD can offer extremely affordable prices for it’s high quality technical support and development.

Please contact us at info@paicbd.com or visit www.paic-bd.com to learn more

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