On 14/03/12 07:58, Nagarjuna G wrote:
2012/3/13 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
On Tuesday 13 Mar 2012, Sunil Abraham wrote:
> Apologies for posting a job notice on this list. But since it has
> policy implications - I hope you will forgive me.
>
> DIT is looking for a TCO study between FOSS and proprietary software
> at the district level. CIS has promised to undertake this study for
> them.
There are 5 types of lies, increasing in degree in order of naming:
- Lies
- Damned lies
- Statistics
- Benchmark reports
- TCO studies
So go it and make our case :-)
Sunil,
1. how much you will add for each line of source code published?
2. how much would you add for nurturing the collaborative culture
among people?
3. how much would you add for self-reliance the nation/agency gains?
4. how much you would add for granting the freedom to use, study,
modify and distribute?
The paradigms of proprietary software don't match with free software,
for there is no single yardstick. Therefore they are incommensurable.
You fell into the trap.
--
GN
http://metaStudio.org/ reShaping Education
TCO is a meaningless concept in case of proprietary software, where the
user only gets a license to use. S/he has no rights over the software -
in terms of studying, sharing and modifying /distrbibuting it. Such mere
'license to use' cannot constitute ownership, at the most it is a kind
of tenancy right. Since there is no ownership possible in case of
proprietary software, there is no question of TCO.
I agree with GN - TCO is a red herring, in trying to compare ownership
rights which FOSS gives vs tenancy rights of proprietary software.
regards
Guru
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