On Friday 31 May 2002 04:29 pm, shane wrote: > On Thursday 30 May 2002 12:28 pm, Anne Wilson did speak unto the huddled > > masses, saying: > > > 9 months later some jack@ss from the district office formatted the > > > harddrives because "we don't have a license for that OS!" > > > > You must have wept > > actually, it gets worse, they bought 30 win 98 copys to install, then found > it was dog slow on those machines, bought new machines. > > win 98 at $65 a pop times 30 = $1950 > 30 new machines to run said software = $33000 > being smart enough to know linux means multiple installs from one purchased > cd = priceless
A comment and a question: First, given the current emphasis on TCO, you haven't included the labor hours expended on this disaster. Be sure to include all of the planning meetings that were held to make sure that everything went smoothly. Second, maybe I read too much Dilbert, but did the cretin that made these decisions have pointy hair? -- cmg (splitting my sides at someone else's grief)
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