leopard
Hardware manufacturers have to face tremendous competitive pressure, so their innovation cycles are becoming shorter and their prices are plummeting - but the opposite is true when it comes to software. Because a small number of companies have monopolized the market, it is impossible to offer attractive prices or simple licensing models - a situation that also severely hampers innovation.
According to the concept developed by the large software companies, compliance with international standards takes second place to their own proprietary innovations (dubious though their benefits may be, in some cases). This approach generates substantial costs for employee training as well as interoperability problems in data processing centers, leading in turn to higher administrative expenses.
leopard attempts to replace these established products - as far as possible - with equivalent software in company networks, and to set up simpler licensing models at the same time in order to cut licensing and administrative expenses.
