There has been significant interest in the broader business community regarding the
difference in the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) between the Linux and Open Source
solutions on one side and Microsoft's proprietary Windows solutions on the other.
Microsoft software is licenced to users on a feeforproduct
basis, whereas most Linux and
open source applications are available free of charge. There are, however, installation and
support costs to consider. We will take all such costs into consideration in the models we
present.
While it is difficult to qualitatively analyse all of the TCO factors at play, it is possible to
produce a reasonable firstpass
quantitative estimate for the instantiation and operation of
a complete computer environment and network infrastructure for a smalltomedium
organisation, to illuminate the TCO differences between these two competing platforms.
To that end, we have modelled an organisation with 250 computerusing
staff, an
appropriate number......

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Title: Linux Vs Windows Tco
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