Background
This document highlights research that began with spike OLMIS-1513.
Summary
Commercial reporting options are expensive. The very least that TIBCO’s paid offering would cost is $4,100 per year – and that’s for a wholly unsupported product. Tableau, meanwhile, would likely involve an outlay of over $10,000 for the first year. Although costs vary significantly by licensing scheme, they seem prohibitive in most cases. Even if VillageReach could afford them with our current grant, they seem likely to curtail OpenLMIS’ appeal for use with other endowments. They also inherently conflict with the goals and expectations of most open source projects.
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