powdermonkey: GSA: agency was able to drop the $20,000 per processor support fees

April 21, 2008

GSA: agency was able to drop the $20,000 per processor support fees

GSA makes the case for open source

Coleman said that while GSA has hired a company to support the instances of Linux in its data center, the agency saved money by discontinuing support of its knowledge management software, KnowledgeTree, because the software was stable and the agency no longer required a lot of changes. By doing so, the agency was able to drop the $20,000 per processor support fees.

Apr 21, 2008 9:39:08 AM | Conf/Meeting, DOD, OpenSource

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We're really glad that the GSA are happy with stability of their KnowledgeTree installation.

Two quick corrections: The GSA re-subscribed to a commercial edition of KnowledgeTree a month or two ago and are still commercial customers.

KnowledgeTree licensing starts at $120 per user, with server pricing starting at $10,000. We don't license commercial editions of KnowledgeTree on a per processor basis.

Posted by: Daniel Chalef, CEO, KnowledgeTree | April 21, 2008 at 10:57

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