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Perhaps running their existing applications is a consideration? Or retraining costs? There are plenty of reasons that the total cost of ownership might be low
by kvb 14y ago
Perhaps running their existing applications is a consideration? Or retraining costs? There are plenty of reasons that the total cost of ownership might be lower with Windows.
- greghinch 14y agoAgreed, retraining and existing software costs probably make this transition not as overall expensive as it sounds. Now that being said, it would be nice to know that part of the ongoing cost-cutting would be switching specific groups to open source over time so that retraining and existing software becomes a non-issue
- sliverstorm 14y agoSwitching at the level of groups sounds like a terrible idea. Suddenly nobody is using the same software. You think an MS Office-only environment is bad? Try an environment with MS Office, Open Office, Star Office, and Google Docs all used as SOP in different parts of the company.
- frankydp 14y agoThis is the reason for OS lock in the DOD. Billions upon billions of custom MS software exist in the DOD ecosystem. Cost of migration would be prohibitive. Second issue would be forest management. I am not sure which free or paid nonMS solution would replace the AD/exchange integration and the many other tools required to run a worldwide domain/forest with 2.5+ million machines.