tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427954471473436275.post5430095515434262683..comments2023-05-06T03:20:37.975-07:00Comments on Plone Metrics: NTEN ReportSchlepphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03783546987543453896noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427954471473436275.post-77816925561782164202008-06-09T20:37:00.000-07:002008-06-09T20:37:00.000-07:00Thanks, Holly. For those who don't know, Holly is...Thanks, Holly. For those who don't know, Holly is the NTEN Executive Director. <BR/><BR/>Life-cycle costs for OS CMS are indeed difficult to assess. I can give you one data point: we have rolled out 41 Plone portals to date over the last 4 years with 2.25 FTE average staffing. That translates into roughly $70K per portal. <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, with a service like Openia for free Plone hosting, I can in a bit of free time more than adequately run my neighborhood association web portal for $0.00. (http://freeplone2.openia.com/mmna)<BR/><BR/>At the other extreme, for $2M one can get a full up portal, two training workshops in the Middle East, and active collaboration between Sandia National Laboratories, the University of New Mexico, Cooperative Monitoring Center in Amman, Jordan, and 20-odd NGOs in the region. (http://wacsi.unm.edu)Schlepphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03783546987543453896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427954471473436275.post-51215627886932790562008-06-09T10:02:00.000-07:002008-06-09T10:02:00.000-07:00Thanks for all that number crunching! It's true -...Thanks for all that number crunching! It's true - we saw that small nonprofits took particular advantage of open source offerings, both CMS and CRM (from and earlier report). Clearly the upfront cost savings is attractive, though we don't know what folks are spending over the life of the product to customize and maintain it for their needs. One note of caution - our respondents are not the most indicative of the sector as a whole. They tend to be much more tech savvy, and have more budget than the sector as a whole. So use these numbers as a guide, with caution.ntenhrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17251486411648965727noreply@blogger.com