When it comes to considering whether mainframe computers are 'expensive' one can get involved in some very complex arguments about total cost of ownership (TCO). Irrespective of the TCO arguments, small mainframe systems can be very cost effective...
It is this switching cost that has given the customers the patience to stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO [total cost of ownership], our lack of a sexy vision at times, and many other difficulties...
Laura DiDio, an analyst at the Yankee Group who carried out the survey, told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that it is a myth that the total cost of ownership (TCO) for Linux is lower than that for Windows. The Linux-Windows 2005 TCO Comparison Survey...
Pop Ramsamy, a project officer at Fundecyt, one of the organisations supporting the region's use of Linux says that although total cost of ownership studies are divided on whether open source is actually cheaper than proprietary software, for...
One of the key points for a CIO on the verge of an IT environment review and consequent analysis of the relative TCO merits of Windows versus Linux is to actually do an analysis. CIOs with TCO on the brain might start to wonder if Linux cost...
We do not have a goal to compare total cost of ownership. He said: "I don't think that we can [achieve 100 per cent migration] because of interdependencies. The city of Munich has finally started to migrate to Linux on the desktop, a year later...
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