Cost Efficiency | Stability | Flexibility | Freedom | Local Impact
Open Source Software is flexible and plays well with others. The flexibility comes from the fact that you have full control over the software, that you can change it to do exactly what you need. And if your needs change over time, so can your software. Open Source Software is often developed in a highly modular way, making it easy to add functionality without having to change the entire set-up. And given the fact that we use only Open Source Software that has a large user community, changes are, that the module you need already exists, or that there is something close to it which can be adapted to your needs.
Standards compliant
Open Source Software, because it's developed in an open collaboration, is usually standards compliant and well documented. This means that it can be tweaked easily to work together with other programs, especially if they are standard compliant too. This makes it possible to combine different Open Source Software packages to create solutions that fit one need, yours.
