yup, that is if they have the guts to do it in the first place. most of the things that account for the 'reported' increase of Linux TCO is the amount needed to retrain personnel. i think that is a one-time expense compared to the expense required to update the version of a proprietary platform/software. this is an example of a short-term goal being evaluated against a long-term one.
and since microsoft is funding the get the facts campaign then it would follow that the statis tical figures will be statistically leaning for them. its hard to get a unbiased statistical research company nowadays because they all require *cough, cough* funding *cough, cough*. just like i said, SSDD. i dont mean we should stop asking our govt to consider open source, i just think that this is already old news. ciao! On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 13:16:43 +0800, rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the thing i admire on governments adopting open source is that they > see more than the TCO. they see the freedom and the breaking of a > monopoly. > > in reality... big businesses will always win if government support and > policies are not thinking more on the benefits of its taxpayers.... > for how can FOSS combat such giant like microsoft with so much money? > > of course, we should not be tired pressuring the government.... hehehe > > i still need comments on http://www.cp-union.org/article00011.html > > > From: Anuerin Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [plug] Not So Fast, Linux > > > > as they say, you cannot please everybody and there is always two sides > > of the truth: ours and theirs. hehehehehe... > > > > SSDD > > > > ciao! > > > > From: "C.Lascano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [plug] Not So Fast, Linux > > > > accept reality.. big business wins > > > > -- > RICARDO BAHAGUE JR > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, > for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are ... > > Neils Bohr, qouted in Nielson, pg. 27 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- "Programming, an artform that fights back" Anuerin G. Diaz Registered Linux User #246176 Friendly Linux Board @ http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
