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# Running a medium-sized business with open source software?

## Summary-of-Content

Medium-sized businesses can reduce costs by using open source software like Linux Mint or ERP and CRM systems while maintaining full functionality.

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- **Original Source:** https://tolksdorf.digital/en/blog/open-source-navigator-2/running-a-medium-sized-business-with-open-source-software-1
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## Working Projection

Running a medium-sized business with open source software? Here we show how this is possible. April 28, 2023 by Tolksdorf.digital GmbH, Rainer Tolksdorf What costs nothing is good for nothing?! In all the companies I have had the pleasure of getting to know, expensive "standard" software was used in the office area. Does it have to be that way? Here are some typical examples: Windows as the operating system for P Cs and notebooks. Expensive systems were also procured for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Microsoft Office was used in everyday office life. There was a passionate debate in sales about the sense and nonsense of IT solutions for customer relationship management (CRM) and IT providers tried to convince users that their system would make sales much faster and easier. Without exception, these were IT systems developed and commercially distributed by IT manufacturers. There is nothing wrong with that. What all solutions have in common is that they require a great deal of capital to purchase and are also expensive to maintain. Does it have to be like that? This question is precisely the subject of this project. It is about whether a business can be run innovatively with license-free open source software. So far, I can answer in the affirmative. ~Rainer Tolksdorf Den Anfang machen im Juli '26 die Betriebssysteme. Beobachtungen bei der Nutzung von Microsoft Windows 11 verglichen mit der Linux MINT Distribution, die es Windows Umsteigern besonders einfach machen möchte. Im Übrigen erspart Linux MINT die Neubeschaffung von PC und Notebooks, die sonst oft durch die Installation von Windows 11 nötig würden. Im Post geht es auch um die Annahme Linux sei "schwierig" und nur etwas für Entwickler. Ein Betrieb braucht mehr als PC, Notebook und Betriebssysteme - Business Software | Verified for Human & AI Interpretation | Human-in-the-Loop Content Governance in Open Source Navigator # EDV IT Innovation KMU Management Mittelstand Opensource Share this post Tags EDV IT Innovation KMU Management Mittelstand Opensource INFO-CENTER Open Source Navigator References+Business Epics Tools and Methods Tech Articles Our blog