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Choosing Microsoft Products May Cost 10-40% More

Posted by timothy on from the more-than-what-is-the-question dept.

securitas writes "Jupiter Research has issued a report that says businesses that choose to stay with Microsoft products may end up paying anywhere from 10%-40% more than if they chose another solution. Software Assurance clients will see the lowest costs and SA-have-nots will see the highest costs. The rationale is that Microsoft's strategy of integrating server and client software, as it has done with the new Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Office 2003 suite, will force costly upgrades and licenses. Ultimately the goal is to transform Office into a platform instead of a collection of applications. Analyst Joe Wilcox says, "Microsoft argues that increased integration will cut down ongoing costs, maintenance and what not, but whether that will be the case has yet to be seen. The increased acquisition costs, though, are pretty clear." This leaves the door open for other office suites like Corel WordPerfect, Sun StarOffice and OpenOffice. More on costs and integration at Jupiter/Wilcox's Microsoft Monitor Blog."

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  1. Could by tofubar · · Score: 1, Redundant

    That is, if you pay for them *nudge nudge wink wink*

  2. More like 100% to 400% savings by spinel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I am sure they did not include all the significant factors. Security? Own your own data or have to ransom it from MS someday? Cheaper admin, one good admin can replace 4 MCSE. I suspect the costs for MS will come down when they actually have to compete but that remains to be seen.

  3. Addressing the Issue by Herkum01 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Choosing Microsoft Products May Cost 10-40% More

    I thought Kazaa was working to fix this problem?