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Australian TCO Study: Linux Wins Again

Posted by timothy on from the ask-enough-and-you-shall-receive dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An updated Linux vs Windows TCO study has found that a 250-seat company can end up saving 36 percent if it were to equip its users with the open source operating system and applications that run on it."

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  1. but wait by khromatikos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux has a much higher cost of 0wn3rship. Windows is much cheaper to 0wn.

  2. Re:What about a larger company by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "* Leave the middle managers there windows laptops, just firewall them off. When they die or get to slow replace them with linux or powerbook laptops."

    The computers or the middle managers??

  3. Re:Why not compare to Mac OS??? by Tenebrious1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Am I the only one wondering when we're going to see a TCO study involving the use of Mac OS? Surely there has to be some cost savings in reduced downtime and administration with using a Mac...

    Unfortunately, there's no cost savings switching to Mac; in fact the cost to the company goes up because they end up having to remove the cheap industrial drip coffee maker and replace with a latte machine and more expensive coffee.

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