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| DATE | 2002-08-15 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: [wwwac] Oligopolist moves some stuff to GNU/Linux
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That's just equiptment.
Licensing frees would generate a number ten times that cost,
plus the self administration of the system, and security
will push the price even higher.
Ruben
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 07:57:49PM -0400, Jay Sulzberger wrote:
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> On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Duane Douglas wrote:
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> > On 2002.08.15 15:03 Jay Sulzberger wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > Subject: Verizon switches programmers to Linux - Tech News - CNET.com
> > > X-URL: http://news.com.com/2102-1001-949913.html
> > >
> > > < ... />
> > >
> > > Verizon switches programmers to Linux
> > > By Stephen Shankland
> > > Staff Writer, CNET News.com
> > > August 15, 2002, 5:32 AM PT
> > > http://news.com.com/2100-1001-949913.html
> > > SAN FRANCISCO--Telecommunications company Verizon Communications saved
> > > $6 million in equipment costs by moving its programmers to Linux
> > > computers, the company said Wednesday.
> > >
> > > The company cut costs by replacing programmers' Unix and Windows
> > > workstations with Linux systems that run OpenOffice instead of
> > > Microsoft Office, said George Hughes, a Verizon executive overseeing
> > > the work. The average desktop cost went from $22,000 to $3,000 per
> > > developer, he said in a talk at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo.
> > >
> > > < ... />
> >
> > $22k for a windows workstation? that seems very high (even with software
> > costs). those are inflated prices or someone was ripping off verizon. on
> > the other hand, that figure sounds about right for some sun solaris
> > workstations.
> >
> > Duane Douglas
>
> This is an interesting number. I believe that if calculated correctly for
> many lans of Microsoft products this number would be in the ball park. But
> I do not believe that anybody in the chain here has made what I would
> regard as a correct computation. Rather I think this number is some
> imputed cost of a fully working old proprietary non-IBM-style-peecee
> workstation equipped with a suite of proprietary tools, such as compilers,
> special purpose development tools, etc.. Perhaps some averaging with
> Microsoft database development tools and costs of hours lost due to downage
> has been done.
>
> oo--JS.
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