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Ask OSDL CEO Stu Cohen About Linux TCO Studies

Posted by Roblimo on from the truth-lurks-somewhere-in-the-grey-gloom dept.

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.

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  1. Symbiotic Sysadmins? by the+packrat · · Score: -1, Troll

    For a long time, Unix systems have required near-symbiotic sysadmins who are willing to become conversant with tiny system details and be available nearly around-the-clock to maintain their systems. They're required to be programmers and librarians and evaluate software. They have to manage the frequently terrifying upgrade procedures inherent in highly configurable systems. This in comparison to the several levels of system experitise generally seen and required in VMS or IBM shops.

    How would you say that linux is moving away from the need to have highly specialised linux people available on tap to be deployed to any advantage? Has it, and where do the sudden profusion of linux distribution vendors and providers fit into this? B>

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    Nihil Illegitemi Carborvndvm
  2. TCO? Don't make me laugh. by AnyThingButWindows · · Score: 0, Troll

    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.

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    When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. - Jefferson
  3. Troolkore by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    but I'd rather hear 1nventing excuses