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  1. Re:It's a copy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1 · on Download Your Brain

    Key Advantage of Open Source is Not Cost Savings

  2. Re:Aaagh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1 · on Engineers Have More Sons, Nurses More Daughters

    Key Advantage of Open Source is Not Cost Savings

  3. Re:Lets start counting by cyberkreiger · · Score: 1, Redundant · on Cuba Switching to Linux

    I saw this a while back:
    http://www.computereconomics.com/article.cfm?id=10 43

    The gist of it is that while free as in beer" is important, vendor independence is even more so.

  4. Re:Lets start counting by downbad · · Score: 2, Informative · on Cuba Switching to Linux

    Key Advantage of Open Source is Not Cost Savings

  5. This is just some blogger by Animats · · Score: 2, Informative · on Key Advantage of Open Source is Not Cost Savings
    "Computer Economics" is a small consulting firm whose head, Frank Scavo, has a blog. He asked readers of his blog to click on a poll page. Then he issued a press release as if this was some significant result. That's where this data came from.

    He does this regularly. His poll question this week is "Is your organization outsourcing any IT functions to offshore providers?" You can answer it here.

    This is probably less meaningful than Slashdot polls. No CowboyNeil option, either.

  6. Original Report by Marcus+Brody · · Score: 2 · on Virus Cost Estimate For 2001 Tops $10 Billion

    Here's the original report that CNN qouted, from computer economics

    I have to say, I agree with the point about vested interests (and yes, this company has good reason to exagerate the claims). At least they are being honest about giving estimates - how many times have we heard about court cases where the prosecution charged a hacker with exactly $1,764,726,818.76 worth of damage [well, er, none actually - but you get the point!]?

    Yes, $10 bill sounds like alot. However, this is from the same company:


    Migraine headaches cost American businesses between $5.6 and $17.2 billion in lost work productivity a year...

  7. Original Report by Marcus+Brody · · Score: 2 · on Virus Cost Estimate For 2001 Tops $10 Billion

    Here's the original report that CNN qouted, from computer economics

    I have to say, I agree with the point about vested interests (and yes, this company has good reason to exagerate the claims). At least they are being honest about giving estimates - how many times have we heard about court cases where the prosecution charged a hacker with exactly $1,764,726,818.76 worth of damage [well, er, none actually - but you get the point!]?

    Yes, $10 bill sounds like alot. However, this is from the same company:


    Migraine headaches cost American businesses between $5.6 and $17.2 billion in lost work productivity a year...