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to: Geo.
from: Thees Peereboom
date: 2003-06-09 13:43:30
subject: Re: Merrill Lynch: Linux saves money

From: Thees Peereboom 

Geo,

Yes, it does. Linux is not necesarily cheaper than a Windows solution,
initially. The fun starts when you can add users without paying additional
licenses, add new systems without additional licenses, replace your current
systems without buying new systems, etc.

- Thees Peereboom

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 06:09:47 -0400, Geo.  wrote:

> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:3ee44d2a{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> the change over simply because of this. The solution required them to
>> spend a couple of hours moving their appointments over to the new system
>> but they prefered to spend many hours complaining etc instead.
>
> do you consider a couple of hours of each employee's time to be part of
> the
> cost of upgrading? Retraining time as well? That can very quickly add up
> and
> offset the price difference between products.
>
> Geo.
>
>
>

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