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Open Source ROI Calculator

Open source software has had a revolutionary impact on the software industry. With the success and ubiquity of open source projects, most enterprise and commercial software development teams now mix open source with internal code to shorten software development schedules and save on the development costs.

To find out how much money your organization could save by developing with open source rather than writing code from scratch, Black Duck has developed an Open Source ROI calculator. The calculator will take your data, and using third-party statistical research, calculate approximate savings from using open source code.

Not sure how many lines of code you typically write? Try a few examples of typical open source projects:

Project:
Average Lines of Code:
File Upload
7,300
Database Pooling
8,000
Logging Utility
27,000
Workflow Engine
100,000
Indexed Search Engine
187,500
Text Editor
200,000
Scripting Language
425,000
ORM Tool
440,000
Web MVC Framework
600,000

Looking for these open source projects and more? Try Koders.com, the leading online search engine for open source code.

How does this calculator work?

To use the calculator, simply fill in the GREEN rows with your information and press the UPDATE button at the bottom of the page. The results will appear at the bottom in RED. The YELLOW rows are automatically populated.

 Lines of Code
 

 Finished Lines of Code Developed per Day
-- Finished lines of code developed per day - Source:Software Engineering Institute, Carnagie Mellon, 2008
 Work Days per Year
-- Average US work days per year - Source: OECD 2004
 Staff Years to Complete (People - Years)
 
 Developer cost per year ($ per year)
-- Average cost of developer is $84,660 - Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2006
 Savings when using Open Source Code (in US dollars)





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