Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 23, 2004 12:39 PM
``Ever heard of "interest"? "Cost of money"?''
Ever hear of viruses and worms? Those cost money to get rid of. My employer spent just under US$500K last summer ridding the Windows desktop systems and servers of a single infestation. The UNIX and Linux systems I use and manage didn't see a bit of downtime. How much principle would you need to have in the bank to accrue enough interest to cover that little aspect of the TCO associated with running Microsoft software? And remember, you could be hit with that cost several times a year. Tough to budget for, too. And in case you haven't had to do it, it's no fun at all having to go to management to ask for money for things that weren't planned for. (Which is why I've distanced myself from the MS arena as much as possible.)
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Re:Latest ESR article is just warm air
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 23, 2004 12:39 PMEver hear of viruses and worms? Those cost money to get rid of. My employer spent just under US$500K last summer ridding the Windows desktop systems and servers of a single infestation. The UNIX and Linux systems I use and manage didn't see a bit of downtime. How much principle would you need to have in the bank to accrue enough interest to cover that little aspect of the TCO associated with running Microsoft software? And remember, you could be hit with that cost several times a year. Tough to budget for, too. And in case you haven't had to do it, it's no fun at all having to go to management to ask for money for things that weren't planned for. (Which is why I've distanced myself from the MS arena as much as possible.)
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