Re: [ossig] Full page Microsoft FUD ad in the Star today

[Raja Iskandar Shah <ris.riscniaga@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

i wonder how the tco for the scenarios will stack up ?

win xp to linux ?

win xp to longhorn ?

both scenarios will require training, migration, etc. let's see how much 
those stack up.


what about tco for the following ?

office 2000 to openoffice.org

office 2000 to office xml (the upcoming office version with xml data 
format - that sounds so suspiciously like the oo.o data format ?)

again both will require training, migration, etc.



since using ubuntu on the notebook, i think i have actually reduced my 
pc admin tasks. consider the following scenario:

new utility / game under windows:
1. search for software using google / download.com
2. download software
3. double click the download to install software
4. periodically open the software to check for updates

new utility / game using ubuntu:
1. search for software using synaptic
2. mark the software to install and click apply
3. click on the ubuntu update manager when it prompts for updates to 
install.

under the windows scenario, i had to go through each of the following to 
check and install updates:
1. avg anti-virus
2. zone-alarm firewall
3. adware anti-spyware
4. openoffice.org
5. mozilla firefox web browser
6. mozilla thuderbird email
7. firebird sql database
8. apache webserver
9. mysql database
10. php scripting

all of the above i use daily while in window land.

with ubuntu 1 - 3 are not used. 4 - 10 are handled automatically by 
ubuntu update manager.

calculating the time cost against my net billing rate: i save at least 
rm1000 a month ! and that's just regular preventive maintenance.






Nur Hussein wrote:

>>How can there be lower TCO if every company has to invest in some form
>>of training for their employees? (yeah.. although at the end of the day,
>>there is still some savings, but to the average business, is it big
>>enough for them to warrant the hassle of the switch??)
>>    
>>
>
>Cost of training eh? Didn't you know Microsoft's products don't need training?
>
>Microsoft's angle is that because their click-n-drool interface looks
>"easy", you can therefore use chimpanzees to administer them. Chimps
>aren't expensive... give them some bananas and peanuts and they're
>happy.
>
>(but I hear the chimpanzees with MCSEs cost more). 
>
>If you think that sounds overly cynical, I'd like to say that if an IT
>professional wants to call himself a "professional", he needs to be
>able to adapt to whatever technology is required of him. I learned
>Linux on my own, from the web, and I'm just an "inferior student" who
>"knows nothing about the real world".
>
>When I was back in 2nd year, I did an Microsoft ASP project by reading
>up on it in 24 hours. I was quite a stranger to Microsoft
>technologies, being a Unixy guy, but I managed. I didn't an expert,
>but I learned the ropes quickly enough to do a project in a day. I
>didn't attend training courses or anything, I just *learned* from the
>web and the library. If an "inferior student" like me can do it, then
>there's no reason why "IT professionals" can't adapt.
>
>-= Nur Hussein =-
>
>
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