Re: [Enterprise-linux] Linux users rate stability over TCO

[Con Zymaris <conz@cyber.com.au>]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 06:40:38AM +1000, Paul Gear wrote:
> Con Zymaris wrote:
> > Greetings list.
> > 
> > let's get some action happening on here, shall we?
> 
> Why not? ...
> 
> > http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6749366%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
> > 
> > MICROSOFT'S attempts to convince enterprises that Linux will prove more 
> > costly to manage are falling on deaf ears, a new survey has found.
> > 
> > Enterprise Linux users are far more enamoured of its reliability than its 
> > ability to lower total cost of ownership (TCO), the poll of enterprise 
> > customers by Computer Associates concluded.
> 
> Very interesting article.  Personally, i value my freedom more than
> reliability or TCO, but TCO is certainly less important than many factors.

indeed. But we need to 'translate' our concept of freedom into something 
more easily recognisable and digestable by business and corporates.

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