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[Johan Sæbø <johansa@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting, and we should work on the wording on our website.

However, I read his point as nothing is really free, except magpi. In 
his comparison with DHIS2 though, he's comparing apples and oranges. He 
also fails to mention that you have to pay per reported form, and for 
extra functionality. Not that he doesn't have a point about DHIS2, but 
he's comparison is quite unfair.

https://datadyne.zendesk.com/entries/21093588-Cost-of-Magpi-formerly-EpiSurveyor-

Johan

On 31.05.2013 09:54, Ola Hodne Titlestad wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here is an interesting blog post on the cost of DHIS 2, and Free and
> Open Source Software in general:
>
> http://www.datadyne.org/2013/05/global-dev-where-free-means-expensive/
>
> Not sure where he got the idea that a national, or any, HIS
> implementation can be free from, but I guess he has a point that it is
> important to be clear on what part is free.
> We can definitely be better at providing guidance on the
> implementation costing, although I don't think we have been trying to
> hide the fact that training thousands of users can be expensive.
>
> The freedom aspect of free software is of course not mentioned in his
> blog at all....
>
> Ola
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