Hi, My comment could be rephrased, whatever OS you use, there is always going to be maintenance, services, and training costs.
I have heard figures of up to $100 a week for the cost to run a computer in an office environment. This figure is derived from downtime, tech support, and then licenses+hardware costs. IF the figure of $100 a week is believable, it would suggest that the big cost of running a computer is not licenses. A colleague argues that for every 50 staff, you need one tech support person. Simple calculation, each computer there is costing $1000 a year, $20 week. Now, if that computer is used in a business for 3 years, the tech support cost is higher than the licenses. Derek. ==================== On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Yuri de Groot wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:45, you wrote: > > The MS lad said, > > "In fact, open source software is not free. It is very expensive because > > it shifts the cost to maintenance, services, integration and training" > > > > I rephrase this as:: > > "In fact, MS software is very expensive. It is very expensive because it > > shifts the cost to maintenance, services, integration and training" > > Using OSS shifts the cost from licensing (sending money overseas) and > compliance costs to maintenance, services, integration and training (spending > money locally). > > I'd rather spend my tax dollars locally on productive things like maintenance, > services and training than send it overseas for boolshyt things like > licensing and burdonsome compliance krap. > > Yuri > > > -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. This PC runs pine on linux for email IndraNet Technologies Ltd. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine ph +64 3 365 6485 Please do not notify me when (apparently) receiving a Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ windows virus from me......
