Re: TCO and all that

2003-06-06 Thread Anthony E. Greene
on the initial costs,TOC, >and ROI of setting up administering and maintaining VERY comparible Windows >and Linux based networks? It would be nice if they could included saleries >and software costs. TCO studies must be very situation-dependant if they are to have any validity. In the fi

Re: TCO and all that

2003-06-05 Thread Jonathan Bartlett
I'm not sure if such documents exist, but one problem with the situation you laid out was that the systems were "comparable". The way to maximize your ROI with Linux is very different from how you maximize it for Linux, and thus they would not seem comparable. For example, some people try to benc

TCO and all that

2003-06-05 Thread Jason M. Kuhlman
This may be completely off topic so sorry. Does anyone out there have articles/sources of information or links to independent (from MS and the various linux distro) and credible studies done on the initial costs,TOC, and ROI of setting up administering and maintaining VERY comparible Windows and L

Re: TCO

2001-12-06 Thread Greg Wright
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 5/12/2001 at 8:08 AM Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] [gregausit/redhat-list] wrote: >I apologize if this is off-topic, but I had the best news this morning! >Not only is my company (200 employees) looking at Linux to replace their >NT servers, but they ma

Re: TCO

2001-12-06 Thread Robert Storey
I don't have any figures at my fingertips, but I'd suggest that contacting the Redhat sales department directly would get you some answers. They of course are not an unbiased source of info, but I imagine that they'll be more than helpful when a company is considering offering them a consulting co

TCO

2001-12-05 Thread Scott
I apologize if this is off-topic, but I had the best news this morning! Not only is my company (200 employees) looking at Linux to replace their NT servers, but they may also consider moving the desktop as well! I have been asked to provide numbers now, I have proven the technical merits of L