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Ask OSDL CEO Stu Cohen About Linux TCO Studies
This morning OSDL and OSDL member Levanta jointly released a study done by Enterprise Management Associates called Get the Truth on Linux Management. For years, a proprietary software company in Washington State has run what they call a Get the Facts campaign about Linux, full of studies that invariably show Linux to be expensive, hard to maintain, and less than totally secure. Stu Cohen, as CEO of OSDL, a group "dedicated to accelerating the growth and adoption of Linux in the enterprise," will happily answer your questions about Linux vs. Windows studies and the myths and FUD that seem to hover over them. Expect Stu's answers to the 10 - 12 highest-moderated questions later this week.
In the Windows world:
New Computer: $469
Windows Tax: $300
Spyware Cleaning: $65 (Probably every 3 months)
Virus Cleaning: $65 (Probably every 3 months)
Microsoft Office: $400
Commercial AV software: $80 a year
In the Linux World:
New Computer: $469
2 hours of lessons by my trained staff: Free
If something goes wrong after warrenty: $40
the TCO of Windows is WAAY higher than Linux in my company which I own. I set the TCO
of Windows in this small town. You choose Windows, you choose to pay.
When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. - Jefferson