[nzlug] Idea...

[Greg Fawcett]

Plus a share of the cost of the companies file, email, web and database
servers. And don't forget this is an on-going cost for companies that got
sucked into Microsoft's licensing scam/scheme, so that bonus recurs every
year!

On 20/03/2008, SIMON WALKDEN <mrsym0r at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Those costs are not exaggerated at all.
>
> for business users, you can expect to be hit up for:
> 1. OS cost, be it XP/vista
> 2. the CAL for server usage
> 3. ms-office licensing
> 4. whichever antivirus solution they use, be it Avast, CA, etc
>
> all up, just for 1's and 0's, a business is looking at $1000+ before
> even purchasing any hardware, per user.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Simon Bridge <simonbridge at ihug.co.nz>
> wrote:
> > Part of the license fee saving on changing to open standards, in govt,
> >  can go to a bonus in the paypackets of everyone in the department...
> >
> >  Just a thought...
> >
> >  I have a student who keeps piping up with "Vista does that" when I'm
> >  talking free software. Sat him down and...
> >  "And how much was Vista?"
> >  "Free... my work paid for it."
> >  "I see - that vista ultimate costs $600, then theres the fee for your
> >  seat at the server, another what, $200?
> >  "I guess..."
> >  " ... how big was your xmas bonus last year?"
> >  "erk"
> >  "How would you have felt about a $800 xmas bonus and still get to use
> >  all these features anyway?"
> >  "engfeh!"
> >
> >  This guy also has a developers licence - the work has - he's in for a
> >  shock sometime.
> >
> >  (I'm hoping I exaggerated those costs a tad...)
> >
> >
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