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While unpaid open source software reduces the expense of licensing or subscription costs, it places the burden of maintenance and support onto the IT team. And proponents of paid solutions also say that they can still minimize overall costs when compared with unpaid alternatives.
For this reason, IDC experts spoke with organizations that have invested in paid Red Hat solutions to understand the value they achieve by paying for Red Hat.
Read the results here and view 9 business value highlights these experts agree on.