2012/3/14 Guru गुरु <[email protected]> > ** > > On 14/03/12 07:58, Nagarjuna G wrote: > > > > 2012/3/13 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <[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. > > May be Sunil should take this opportunity to raise such questions and state that TCO is an incorrect measure for software, whether it is proprietary or free software.
-- GN
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