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+ Office Professional Plus 2010 Single Language
* Per desktop (100 desktops) per year
** Network Installation @ $120ph for 40 hours
*** Basic suite training averaged across 3 vendors (not including downtime)
**** Migration time of 2 developers for 12 weeks
* Assumes similar hardware; Linux vs Windows Server Enterprise 2008
** Installation & Configuration @ $120ph for 40 hours
*** Basic suite training averaged across 2 vendors (not including downtime) for 2 staff
* Assumes similar hardware; 4 core CPU
** Installation & Configuration @ $120ph for 40 hours
*** Basic suite training averaged across 2 vendors (not including downtime) for 2 staff
Skills & Recruitment
People over Licenses
Fear
Insourcing vs Outsourcing
Opportunity Cost
Productivity
Free as in Speech
Increased Flexibility
Ease of integration
Better growth management:
Support of open standards
Free as in Kittens
Evan Leybourn
evan@theagiledirector.com
@eleybourn
Free as in Beer
or is it ...
How much is this going to cost me ...
No Purchase Costs (CapEx)
No Ongoing License Costs
Infrastructure purchases & setup
Ongoing infrastructure maintenance
Software acquisition and upgrade costs
Deployment costs
License costs (per user / per CPU)
Telecommunications and network costs
Staff training costs
Systems administration costs
Vendor support costs
Software compliance costs
Security management costs
Redevelopment costs
Hidden Costs
Support & integration tools
Enterprise deployment tools
Forced upgrade
Productivity Loss (or Gain)
http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/09/12/open-source-skills-how-frequent-is-open-source-self-sufficiency/
http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/12/22/openofficeorg-migrations-easing-medium-large-companies-migrations/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_cost_of_ownership
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3529871/Real-World-Open-Source-The-TCO-Question.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/dec08/12-03SpeedyHireQA.mspx
http://www.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/total_cost_op.pdf