Re: Total cost of ownership


"houghi" <houghi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4kv834-db8.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

So there we have it. He has the expertise. To say that it is proove that
Linux is cheaper is not true. It is true in his case, but again the only
difference is the price of the product itself. What you are saying is
that a free (gratis) download is cheaper then something you pay for.

Yeah, alright. I get what you're saying. My understanding was that TCO
included not only the purchase cost, but also the cost of upgrades, the cost
of support, the time spent getting the system set up, down-time resulting
from system failures and that sort of thing.

But since he's got all the expertise in-house, and would be paying them the
same rate whether they were using a Windows network or Linux, then his costs
(other than the purchase price for the software) would be pretty much the
same, wouldn't they?

Well, DUH!. :-D

Hmmm... Yeah.



--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Cereal Offenders
    ... Televisions are cheaper now than they ... cheaper because the manufacturers move production to China or some other ... The price of cereal will absolutely be affected by two things: The cost of ... efficient grocery stores) know what price customers will accept. ...
    (rec.food.cooking)
  • Re: Cereal Offenders
    ... Televisions are cheaper now than they ... cheaper because the manufacturers move production to China or some other ... The price of cereal will absolutely be affected by two things: The cost of ... efficient grocery stores) know what price customers will accept. ...
    (rec.food.cooking)
  • Re: Linux Clients
    ... the topic of cheaper. ... have you ever done a TCO costing on Linux? ... client grows a little and learns a little more about the technology. ... Your fees cost your client more ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: For those about to pub -- I salute you....
    ... DF> getting paper that way is higher than the cost of getting it ... cheaper is evidence that people are willing to pay more for it; ... sale price. ...
    (rec.arts.sf.composition)
  • Re: Copper prices
    ... What's worse, 100 feet is less than half the cost, and 1000 feet is a tad ... Typically from what I've seen in the past, it is cheaper to buy larger ... on a per foot basis the price isn't changing at all. ...
    (alt.home.repair)