The Yankee Group's TCO survey found "Ultimately, the TCO and ROI of Linux may be less than, comparable to, or more expensive than Unix or Windows depending on the individual corporate deployment circumstances."
... you gotta love the answers the high-priced consultants give, dontcha?
Arsenne...
No, ASP & SQL Server work fine. But they won't compile excel worksheets into secure multi-user web pages. You have to code everyhing.
But excel users can use this to do the
same thing without knowing any code. It's compiled
into PHP, etc for them in the background.
It's for business users, spreadsheet jockeys, who don't need to know ASP or even PHP.
But we're straying from my witty remark about
the twin primes topic....
If AOL offered VOIP people could save on their
phone bills and maybe not even need a dialup
line at all. Then to get onto AOL...wait...that won't work...:-)
Slashdot Mirror
...but I couldn't help the machine because that
would be against the patent.
The McVeigh Posterior Postulate
"Sit here for entry scan"
You had Poached Eggs for breakfast.
You spend too much time in the bathroom.
You get too many hard-ons.
Etc.
...as long as it's not based on Windows...crashes too much.
Not FUD, just CYA
Arsenne... No, ASP & SQL Server work fine. But they won't compile excel worksheets into secure multi-user web pages. You have to code everyhing. But excel users can use this to do the same thing without knowing any code. It's compiled into PHP, etc for them in the background. It's for business users, spreadsheet jockeys, who don't need to know ASP or even PHP. But we're straying from my witty remark about the twin primes topic....
If AOL offered VOIP people could save on their phone bills and maybe not even need a dialup line at all. Then to get onto AOL...wait...that won't work... :-)
There are infinitely many twin comments?
Now, if they refuse or obfuscate, then call the Justice Department pronto.
If they accept happily, then indies can at last get airplay!
Be interesting to see which way it goes.