> Again, your assumption is that everyone's using Windows. If that's not the > case, then you need to factor in the cost of Windows licenses as well as > potential server management costs. In addition, you might be able to scale > up better with a non-Windows solution (which generally limits you to scaling > out rather than up). > > Finally, the cost of software is typically a small fraction of overall > application deployment and maintenance costs anyway. If you save a little > bit per programming man-hour, you'll easily pay for whatever you license > over a short time.
Lest not forget the costs of patch management. MS now releases patches on a monthly schedule. In a large enterprise its a full time job to keep up with pathches that often, so add in the salaries of a few MCSEs, then Software Testers, then a patch management lab. Then again, you could just ignore the patches and allow your servers to continually crash. -Adam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187454 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
