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Story: Bristol Council says it can save £1m with open source
Posted by: Charles Lancaster (Friday 31 March 2006, 9:00 AM)
As everyone knows the licence cost is only a small part of the Total Cost of Ownership of any piece of software. All Open Source does is move the costs from Software to People costs (which is why its advocates like it because it means the organisation has to employ more of them). If Bristol have a mix of 123, Wordperfect and Office then how much could they save by standardising on Office. Standardisation on Office would also allow them to apply its features to their specific business problems and that is where the true value is. If Linux and Star Office is so great how come Central Scotland Police installed in and are now moving back to Microsoft?
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Story: Bristol Council says it can save £1m with open source
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Thats great I dont know why more public sectors do... Gary Kind -
Let's see how long before the MS Lobbying power is... dukeinlondon
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I expect M$ to counter with a ridiculous low price... Oldator
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And a large portion of the Training Costs are a on... rick stockton
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As everyone knows the licence cost is only a small... Charles Lancaster -
Who to ask ... Larry Sanders -
Charles, you're jumping to (costly) conclusions.
Q... Arthur B.
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Please, be so kind and come back to the users afte... Atxamd
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