Australian TCO Study: Linux Wins Again

An anonymous reader writes "An updated Linux vs Windows TCO study has found that a 250-seat company can end up saving 36 percent if it were to equip its users with the open source operating system and applications that run on it."

Re:What about a larger company

[WIAKywbfatw]

More people = more savings. File that under "duh".

Re:Is that a surprise?

[bersl2]

This is for the PHBs who take this sort of thing seriously.

uh

[Anonymous Coward]

but the Microsoft adverts on Slashdot keep telling me that Linux has a higher TCO...?!?

what if

[laka21]

what if the company is a partner of the microsoft and is working on security issues in IE ? This is a generalised statement. It depends on the needs of the company. Neither MS nor the Linux group would be bothered by this.

but wait

[khromatikos]

Linux has a much higher cost of 0wn3rship. Windows is much cheaper to 0wn.

Re:What about a larger company

[Anonymous Coward]

No one ever got fired for buying Microsoft

I did...

L.Torvalds

Re:What about a larger company

[drsmithy]

More significantly, more people == more machines == more staff (the most expensive part) to support them.

The big advantages with Windows infrastructure are the tools for managing lots of machines (eg: Group Policy) and the ease of integration.

Re:Real world vs. fanboy fantasies

[Anonymous Coward]

I love you!

don't ever stop being you.

Re:Um

[TeraCo]

Also, he doesn't have his boss riding him every 15 minutes to get those figures for Jennings.

Re:What about a larger company

[Anonymous Coward]

"* Leave the middle managers there windows laptops, just firewall them off. When they die or get to slow replace them with linux or powerbook laptops."

The computers or the middle managers??

Re:TFA looks quite unbiased...

[tclark]

Perhaps this is the case in Australia, but here in the United States the process is much simpler and cheaper. It goes something like this:

I assemble the systems staff in a meeting room. When they are all settled in I say, "Raise your hand if you are an MSCE. (pause) Ok, everybody else still has a job. Meeting adjourned."

Re:Why not compare to Mac OS???

[Tenebrious1]

Am I the only one wondering when we're going to see a TCO study involving the use of Mac OS? Surely there has to be some cost savings in reduced downtime and administration with using a Mac...

Unfortunately, there's no cost savings switching to Mac; in fact the cost to the company goes up because they end up having to remove the cheap industrial drip coffee maker and replace with a latte machine and more expensive coffee.