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Story: Yankee Group slams 'Linux extremists'
Posted by: Poppe (Sunday 10 April 2005, 12:09 AM)
RE: TCO for an x86 system...
The hardware ramifications with x86 systems are in fact the same regardless of what OS is on them.
Not all Linux distros are free, eg. Redhat and Linspire charge fees for their OSes.
True that scrpting can cost more money in areas of hiring/training and with profit loss. However, that is why there is such a thing as upgrade plans. Any company can save thousands by switching to open source provided they have enough foresight to plan the switch out in easy to manage steps.
However, the majority of Linux is free including some really great distributions. E.G., Ubuntu, LAMPPIX, Libranet, etc. (No licensing fees, which my dear Watson, figures into TCO).
Furthermore, many older machines can be renewed with the right Linux distro... E.G., a Boston Liberal Arts college for Native Americans reused their 45 lab computers with memory upgrades and Knoppix Linux. Thus they were able to acquire 45 new OS-free computers from Walmart, and load Windows 98 on these machines. Which is perfectly legal under the 1998 Win98 EULA. So, for their TCO, they were able to get new computers for a discount because they didn't have Windows XP on them. Not only that, but by purchasing more memory, and some blank CD-Rs they were able to get Knoppix Linux on their older x86 machines. Now this college has 90 lab computers, and they saved on their TCO by not upgrading to Windows XP.... Which works fine at a Liberal Arts college.
Overall, to quell the arguments here the TCO for running Linux DEPENDS on which distribution you are using. Just like how my wife shops, if you aren't going to shop around for a better deal. Then you shouldn't worry about TCO. Howevert, there is always a way to save money on running any type of a network.
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Story: Yankee Group slams 'Linux extremists'
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Miss DiDio should grow a thicker skin.
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Its the same old story: a research study is funded... Helen Trevish
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Same old story.
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I wonder on what planet Smithy lives.. The st... Linux Convert
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As a brainless Linux extremist who found out... John D. L. Platt
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I agree that abusive language and calling som... Anonymous
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enogh already : "Laura Didio has only become... Smithy
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This is America, n... enough already
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Enough already : "Yet in that same... Smithy
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smithy. I do not care for Linu... Anonymous
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Smithy wrote:
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Ingrid, and ZD, you are redeem... Anonymous
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I am surprised US is called fr... Outsider
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Gee, Laura. Perhaps you shoul... steggy
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Ms Didio told me her level of... Weston Goodwin
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Enough already : "Another spin, ext... Smithy
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"FACT: Threatening, late night... Anonymous
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"FACT: Threatening, late night... Chris
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RE: "FACT: Threatening, late n... Anonymous
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Take it easy.. Smitty has two... Bobby
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No, I'm not a psychopath
Laura... Smithy
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"This a free country.
This is Amer... Anonymous
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FACT: SHE EARNED IT! It was not because... Han Solo
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Smithy, you troll, posing as an expert i... Leon Brooks
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Let Smithy alone
He´s just expressing un... Crow
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Am I the only one cringing at the number... A Nonny Mouse
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So Yankee Doodle 'lost her pony'!!! Sob! Sob! Anonymous
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For the record: Phoney IT analysis: bad.
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Oh, Boy.
I've read little enlightening i... Andy Nemec
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if you want to talk about communists... chinese go... Anonymous
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Well here's some topical background on the style o... Anonymous
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To call people using Linux "Linux extremists" or... Anonymous
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Two comments:
First, there are good and bad things... Anonymous
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Didiot and her fellow-idiots Enderle and Brow... Anonymous
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Ms. Didiot has acquired her reputation by repeated... Anonymous
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Every movement has its radicals, particularly when... Matthew C. Tedder
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To start with, calling her home, threatening her,... Anonymous
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What is this woman talking about? "I've lived thro... Anonymous
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Sorry Miss that we open source people feel so adim... Joseph A Dydula
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Dildio is just like her skinnier sister MoG she c... sdhhlsh
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Without Windows, Didio is nothing.
Same with Ender... Anonymous
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Anonymous Engineer: she really is that dense.... Leon Brooks
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Only software? It's only my livelihood Laura's tra... Leon Brooks
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DiDio is nothing more than another two-bit journal... Dennis Soper
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LD, RE, MOG etc are paid to provide 'talking... Anonymous
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The Yankee Group = 0 (Zero) credibility!
Hey ZDNET... William Gatesler
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I am a Linux user and a Windows user...as a matter... Vince Vargas
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"There are excellent to both, but only Linux... Boomer
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Why does the It industry as a whole insi... Anonymous
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Taming of the DiDioT Shill
Laura DiDioT has been s... Henry Thoreau
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There are definately nutjobs in the linux communit... Antonio Baloney
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People, people, don't you see this is exactly... Gavin
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Yes it is bad that people target individuals, but... pastyboy
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No matter if you agree with the studies or not I d... Tim
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How did the anonymous "nutbag" get her privat... rams
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Let me see...
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looks like ZDNET has a limit on post size..... bobby
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Dear Ms Didio,
When you make absurd statements bas... rob smith
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I am tired of informal surveys being used to prove... Steve Conners
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Ms. DiDio's commentary, mostly regarding the curre... Bob Halloran
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Linux Extemists? LOL! I use Windows primarily beca... Jeff
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I find it odd that nobody believes a word Mis... Anonymous
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I agree. Calling someone at 1am in the morning is... Steve McAtee
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Well, now we see how far we've come. The 'indepen... Pengo Tuxedo
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Ms. DiDio please note;
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This study has gotten way too much press. I have... brad
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Of course they have, it's good PR for them.
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In one thing I agree with Ms DiDio, intemperate be... Jules
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Several things..
As James Cornell said pr... bobby
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Who can tell if I'm a GNU/Linux zealot or a MS emp... Anonymous
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Pamela Jones receives just as many negative reacti... SmyTTor
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Very, very clever. Your company takes the debate a... Software Engineer
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Well, freaks making phone calls, that is a bit too... JohnM
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Well, Linux is superior on the core level to Windo... Anonymous
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RE: TCO for an x86 system...
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Get the facts right.
She doesn't say she was "thre... blackbelt_jones
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EVERYONE READ THIS... Two questions that must be p... Poppe
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nothing personal,
its just a software ,
how can u... Ahmed Mohiuddin
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She's Absolutely On-Target.
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To sum this up: money talks. Arthur B.
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I think many people forget that by and large... Anonymous
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Didio is a shil. Look at this video of her from M... No Shill
