11 Jun
2003
11 Jun
'03
01:35
On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 02:46, James Mohr wrote:
In the real world, decisions like which OS to use are usually based on economics.
s/usually/hardly ever It's usually decided on a "what is everybody else running" or "what did that guy say that I played golf with last saturday" You give upper management *way* too much credit
It would cost more time to convert everyone's workstation to Linux than we spend on Microsoft licenses. It is **not** economically sound to switch.
I'd like to see the math behind that assertion. And please don't let the analysis end the day after the conversion. I know it isn't fashionable these days, but sound economic analysis should be longer term than "what will the stock price be next tuesday"