mimacom ag is a firm believer in the benefits of open source software and its increasingly widespread use.

Groundbreaking decisions by renowned user groups, along with the fact that companies such as Swisscom, Swiss Post, and the Armed Forces Command Support Organisation (all three of which are clients of mimacom!) are using or contemplating open source, confirm our belief.

Open source offers clear advantages in the areas of development efficiency, quality and time-to-market. (See also Swiss FOSS study of 2006 and Optaros's Open Source Catalogues 2006 and 2007.)

The general advantages of open source are:

• Supports open standards
• Access to source code
• Large knowledge sharing community
• Independence from suppliers
• Lower costs (licenses)