I totally agree on this. When I decided to move to pure Linux environment, we had to incur indirect cost on skills development, man-hours of research (which one can replace which M$ servers), trial and error (some admins prefer different apps for the same purpose, e.g. sendmail vs postfix) actitivies, and the tag-of-war with the Windows-leaning users.
However, in the long run, it was cheaper. i didn't have to worry on additional license everytime i add a user; updates are readily available, i get to use our older machines for dedicated network service. This didn't happen overnight, it took us around 2 years to stabilize. On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Silverlokk <[email protected]> wrote: > > In the short-term, no money was saved with the change-over. To the > contrary, the city had to absorb one-time upfront costs of 13 million Euros > for the Linux Munich “LiMux” project, which the city’s IT department > describes as an IT evolution, not a revolution, as some observers thought. > According to vice director Schießl, an upgrade of the then-existing Windows > NT4 operating system to Windows XP would have been as much as two million > euros cheaper. The change-over will make financial sense only after several > years, by avoiding the payment of on-going licensing fees. > > > Who said that Free Software was necessarily cheaper, at least in the short > term? > > > > Sent to you by Silverlokk via Google Reader: > > > LiMux: Where the Munich Linux (R)evolution is > today<http://www.fsdaily.com/Government/LiMux_Where_the_Munich_Linux_R_evolution_is_today> > via fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published > news<http://www.fsdaily.com/>by vikash on 6/28/09 > > When the third largest city in Germany rebuffed Microsoft, even people in > the US were talking about it. While the software revolution has quieted > down, the change goes ahead with zeal. > > > > Things you can do from here: > > - Subscribe to fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published > news<http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.fsdaily.com%2Ffeed%2Fpublished%2FAll?source=email>using > *Google Reader* > - Get started using Google > Reader<http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email>to easily keep up with > *all your favorite sites* > > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Regards, Maenard --------------------- "Ability is what you're capable of doing... Motivation determines what you do... Attitude determines how well you do it."
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