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RE: [PLUG] need stats!! stat!
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i'm really just looking for general installation and maintenance stats. i'm
not even looking into the applications or application support. of course
it's more complicated if all existing applications require porting or a
linux alternative. however, porting/alternative apps are not necesarily out
of the question if it can be shown that long term maintenance is easier and
cheaper. If it costs a company $1M to migrate a custom app to linux, but it
saves $5M in licensing and support costs over 5 years, then maybe it makes
sense to migrate. However, without numbers to show the bean counters, how
can you ever prove that point?
So, if anyone knows where to get these general purpose numbers, please let
me know. I think that some are getting bogged down in specific details of a
hypothetical situation.
-chris
PS- If these numbers don't exist, then the linux community needs to get
them. Companies are seriously considering a move to linux (mine anyway) but
they need data to backup the rhetoric.
-----Original Message-----
From: Leonard Rosenthol
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Sent: 11/13/01 11:27 AM
Subject: RE: [PLUG] need stats!! stat!
As Leone points out, on the desktop side the MAIN issue that you have to
address is your software needs/requirements. If you require MSOffice
compatibility, then what will you use on Linux to replace it? What
about
custom software (like Mike's insurance example)? And if you're running
WINE or Win4Lin, then you are still paying for Windows...
On the server, it's a LOT easier to justify...UNLESS you've already got
a
complex solution in place based on ASP and/or COM and it needs to come
across.
So what I am saying is that the main issue you should be looking is
identifying your requirements. Once you've done that, then you have
concrete criteria on which you base your evaluation - not just in terms
of
each item, BUT also transition issues.
Leonard
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