larry a price wrote: > The story is at: > http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2001/1018.tco.html > > The story covers the Total Cost of Ownership comparison between unix + > proprietary solutions in two different situations. This is definitely > something you want to show to those responsible for running businesses > that employ IT dept's. It's by Paul Murphy who wrote "The Unix Guide to > Defenestration".
The author of this article is also the author of The Unix Guide to Defenestration (TUGtD). I have a copy of TUGtD, and would be happy to lend it to anybody who wants to read it. He's a strong proponent of X terminals, aka smart displays. I don't know anybody else who takes that view. He makes the quite valid point that X terminals require less administration than workstations. He ignores the point that they force a centralized software deployment model which is likely to be less responsive to users' needs. Unresponsive IT is the reason the PC took off in the first place 20 years ago. His other points about licensing costs being a significant expense, Microsoft's planned obsolesce strategy interfering with an organization's efficiency, and direct computing costs being immaterial compared to their effect on business productivity, are dead on, IMHO. > If we (euglug) were to put together a business oriented presentation this > would be a very good starting point to open the conversation about why > Unix/Linux/free software solutions are better in the long run. I'm not convinced of that. How easy is it to sell X terminals? -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
