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by cforde
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5/12/04 12:29:36 PM
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New one time charge vs. ongoing costs
even if a migration to a Linux based platform takes longer than a migration to the next version of Windows (not a given, some Windows migrations have been known to take a very long time), once it's done the Microsoft licencing headaches stop. And the virus/worm headaches stop. And the stability headaches stop. And the systems can be customized so that other headaches stop too.

Rumour has it that it takes fewer Linux administrators than Windows administrators to manage an equivilent number of machines. And these Linux administrators have the time to do useful work. As opposed to patching/rebuilding/devirusing etc...

GrokLaw covered Ms. Didio's article. You can read about it as [link|http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040407003857488&query=yankee+group| Cranking Out the FUD -- and Some AntiFUD -- on TCO and Security]
Have fun,
Carl Forde
Post #154,840
by drewk
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5/12/04 12:57:11 PM
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New Hey, lookit that
Oh, so it's not a study of such costs; it's a survey of what some executives think it would cost? That's not the same thing.
Hmm, wasn't someone else around here saying that exact same thing?
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Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
     Need some rebuttal articles. - (jbrabeck) - (12) - May 12, 2004, 09:43:41 AM EDT
         How about rebuttal within the same article? - (drewk) - (4) - May 12, 2004, 11:04:05 AM EDT
             See post #154864 - (jb4) - (3) - May 13, 2004, 08:30:40 PM EDT
                 ROTFL - (ben_tilly) - (2) - May 13, 2004, 08:35:14 PM EDT
                     Aww - going there was 1/2 the fun... -NT - (imric) - May 13, 2004, 10:51:25 PM EDT
                     Sorry...It was late and I got lazy.... :-( -NT - (jb4) - May 14, 2004, 11:19:19 AM EDT
         What new windows? - (Silverlock) - (1) - May 12, 2004, 11:06:20 AM EDT
             MS Licensing 6.0 joke - (pwhysall) - May 12, 2004, 12:05:18 PM EDT
         one time charge vs. ongoing costs - (cforde) - (1) - May 12, 2004, 12:29:36 PM EDT
             Hey, lookit that - (drewk) - May 12, 2004, 12:57:11 PM EDT
         couple of articles - (cforde) - May 12, 2004, 01:31:24 PM EDT
         Seems to me I recall . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - May 12, 2004, 09:07:02 PM EDT
         Ever get a chance to fire back a salvo to this mindfsck? -NT - (Ashton) - June 21, 2004, 10:15:43 PM EDT

One of them was this cute little yellowtail, and she's giving me the eye. So I figured, this is my chance for a little fun. You know, piece o' Pisces.
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