[wplug] If I were a Linux consultant...

[Robert E. Coutch]

Haven't you been listening to Microsoft?

Why it will cost you far more to switch to Linux than to stay with 
Microsoft.
They even have studies to prove it. They paid for it themselves, ya know!

This is what they are touting all over the place.

Let me see.........
I can pay $299 for XP Pro with nothing but the O.S. on a CD and then 
I'll need
and Office Suite and other productivity tools. Hmmmm, I'll need 
antivirus software too.
We're up to around $1000.

Or I could buy SuSE 8.2 pro on 2 DVD's and 5 CD's and have everthing I 
ever wanted on my PC
for around $80.

So as you can see, the Microsoft stuff is a better deal because ------ 
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE !!!!


-Bob



Elwin Green wrote:

>I would...
>
>1 - read everything I could about how local
>governments are using Linux to achieve greater cost
>efficiencies (start by Googling linux+largo - that
>would be Largo, FL "the city of progress")
>
>2 - Find out how much the city of Pittsburgh is
>spending on IT, and what hardware and software they
>deploy throughout their operations.
>
>3 - Find as many Linux-based alternatives as I could
>for their proprietary software in use.
>
>4 - Compute a preliminary estimate for how much the
>City could save by using those alternatives.
>
>5 - Send a letter to Tom Murphy, with copies to each
>person on city council saying, in effect, "Here's how
>much you might save by deploying different software.
>If you're interested, I'll be glad to present a
>detailed proposal." 
>
>Then, if a proposal is requested, I'd do one. If they
>say we're already looking at open source solutions,
>I'd say, good for you. And if they disregarded the
>letter entirely, I'd
>
>6 - Send copies of the letter to the post-gazette, the
>trib, and the major tv stations.
>
>Sigh.
>
>Wish I wuz a Linux consultant, 'stead of a newbie...
>
>E.
>
>
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