Re: LINUX - Total Cost of ownership
Date: 16 May 1999 17:39:13 GMT
Message-ID: <slrn7ju0dg.ep.warlock_at_gargoyle.myth>
On Sat, 15 May 1999 13:57:56 -0500,
Xerophyte, in the persona of <xerophyte_at_yahoo.com>,
brought forth the following words...:
>Linux will be less expensive than NT.
>
>But ignore the morons who say it is free.
>
>If you download it, that's $20 for the monthly ISP fee plus the modem and
>download time.
if that's the only thing you do with your ISP connection,
if not, deduct accordingly.
>
>Or the price of a distribution set and such.
>
>But you're a PhD so you'll know this already.
>
Of course, you could just borrow a CD from a friend, Like I did with
my first full distro, $0 invested there.
>christoph_schram_at_my-dejanews.com wrote in message
><7hgruf$rsu$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>>Hi!
>>
>>I'm writing my Ph.D. about TCO (Total Cost of
>>Ownership). I'm in a kind of
>>preparation phase and I'm looking for material
>>about TCO and Linux. Does
>>anyone know where I can find something about this
>>topic?
>>
>>Important figures are: uptime, support, training,
>>installation costs....
>>
>>Finaly i want to compare TCO of Windows NT with
>>TCO of Linux. Important
>>things are for example how are the TCO figures
>>retrieved? Do they come
>>from a survey or is it a scientific research?
>>
>>
>>Thank you very much
>>
>>
>>
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-- Jim Richardson www.eskimo.com/~warlock All hail Eris "Linux, where do you want to go tomorrow?"Received on Sun May 16 1999 - 19:39:13 CEST