On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Vishal M <[email protected]> wrote:
> I work in an IT company for a telecom client. They've over 20 thousand > field technicians who carry a laptop each. Their laptops run Windows OS. > Last week when their CTO was among us, I suggested him to migrate to Linux > as most of the applications used by their field technicians are now web > based (it was not the case earlier) and world's best browsers are > officially available for Linux. I had a discussion with him for around 10 > minutes and I was able to convince him that these days Linux is as user > friendly as Windows. It is stable, more secure and free (or say cheaper, if > they opt for enterprise licence). > He has told me to prepare a formal proposal. I want the proposal to be as > effective as possible. So I request you folks to please help me in > suggesting the points which I can include in the proposal. Thanks! > > I might come across as devils advocate but here are few things we need to account. Downs 1) OEM version of Windows has already been bought. So migrating to Linux entails on benefit in costing per Laptop 2) There is a step learning curve. Thus company may have to hire someone to train and support the staff 3) Linux trained people are costlier to hire Ups 1) Linux will make your network more secure 2) Since traffic load may go down, traffic outages will reduce 3) VPN or other network infra would be easier to support on Linux > -- > -- > Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: > http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Linux User Group @ IIT Delhi" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Supreet Sethi Ph IN: +919811143517 Ph Skype: d_j_i_n_n Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/supreet.sethi Twt: http://twitter.com/djinn -- -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Linux User Group @ IIT Delhi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
