> 
> While it may well be initially less expensive to install a Linux-based 
> computer than a Windows-based computer, there are hidden costs associated 
> with that Linux system which many adherents tend to gloss over (if they 
> ever mention them at all).  Those hidden costs need to be evaluated BEFORE 
> the computer is installed.  In a Windows-centric enterprise where there is 
> insufficient Linux-knowledgeable resource, it makes little economic sense 
> to do that.   The same holds true in a Linux-centric enterprise; it makes 
> little economic sense to start installing Windows-based computers if there 
> is insufficient internal resource to properly manage them (or the 
> willingness to acquire the necessary resources).
> 
> 

Tom,

In my experience the TCO argument you've articulated is used mostly as
FUD by people with a vested interest in the status quo.   I've seen
vendor after vendor try to keep Linux competition out of larger
enterprises with these arguments.   I've yet to see _any_ case where
a Linux solution had _significant_ extra operational costs.

While there is some basis for these well known arguments their 
applicability is surly diminishing as Linux becomes more mainstream.

Regards,
Sean





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