About Supported Open Source CMS

Squiz is a ‘Supported Open Source’ software development company. Unlike proprietary software vendors, our goal is not to simply offload MySource Matrix and charge customers for its acquisition (e.g. the license fee model). Instead, we're compensated on the successful completion of customer projects – on time, on budget and to an excellent standard.

Here's why Supported Open Source makes such sound commercial sense...

Realise New Project Value

As a supported Open Source CMS, MySource Matrix enables customers to realise new value in their web content management processes by focusing budgets and development work on those things that contribute most to project success, such as custom development, training, project management, design, SLAs and support.

ROI

'Supported Open Source' content management is aligned with your ROI (Return on Investment) and is therefore significantly less risky. We believe this is a more viable cost-benefit and ROI approach for today. It’s certainly more meaningful than a traditional TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) model for evaluating a licensed product – after all, who wants to pay for ownership alone?  We believe that you should pay for a successfully implemented solution.

Development Control

Since you own the software and the solution, this means your development work will always be discretionary, open, and transparent.

Controlled Innovation

Because MySource Matrix is an Open Source CMS, you can benefit immediately from the regular product innovations that are created by the global MySource Matrix user community and Squiz clients. In practise, this means that as soon as a new product feature is developed, you can choose to use it too. Our role is to manage this ‘open development community’ to ensure that this innovation is made available to you, and that the best new features are available in MySource Matrix product updates.

Control of your Assets

Because MySource Matrix is open source, you own it. This means no fees, no proprietary licences, and, most importantly, no dilution or restriction of your valuable IP. You own everything that you do with MySource Matrix - you can freely adapt it and develop it to your own needs, without restraint.

Controlled Development Speed

Unlike a commercial software product, the development roadmap for MySource Matrix Open Source CMS is not created in an ‘ivory tower,’ and new versions of the product are not distributed as periodical paid-for upgrades. Instead, because you own the software 100%, you are free to develop the product at your own speed. In addition, MySource Matrix follows an ‘open development’ roadmap. This is managed by us, and is based on user community input to ensure that product updates are constant and that they always address real world requirements.

What functionality does the MySource Matrix Open Source CMS provide?

For more information about the product's specification, see the MySource Matrix overview.