| Comparisons of IBM WebSphere® and open source solutions frequently focus on licensing costs and the application development point of view alone, only looking at feature sets and initial acquisition costs. Unfortunately, the long-term administration costs associated with Red Hat JBoss® or Apache Tomcat® are not factored into the equation. Too often, the "free" initial costs lead developers to favor JBoss. This research report reveals there are many more factors for organizations to consider in their selection process beyond initial acquisition costs and includes a total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis. |
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