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Monday, 18 October 2004 14:11 |
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According to the latest studies in germany (companies not affiliate with M$).
But what is the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)?? The table below show You the main differences between
Free Softwares and Proprietary Softwares TCO.
Free Softwares and Proprietary Softwares TCO.
| All Costs = TCO |
Free Softwares |
Proprietary Softwares |
| Buy the software |
0 |
$ |
| Configuration - installation |
$ |
$ |
| Deployment |
$ |
$ |
| Training |
$ |
$ |
| Curative maintenance |
$ |
$ |
| Preventive maintenance |
$ |
$$ |
| Corrective maintenance |
$ |
$$ |
| Adaptative maintenance |
$ |
$$ |
| Evolutive maintenance |
$ |
$ |
| Respect standards |
$ |
$$$ |
| Interoperability |
$ |
$$ |
| Hardware compatibility |
$ |
$ |
| Security: resisting to intrusions |
$ |
$$$ |
| Security: resisting to virus |
$ |
$$$ |
Necessity to replace
regurly equipmeent |
$ |
$$$ |
| Dependency to a company |
$ |
$$$ |
Source : Eikonex - Free software http://www.eikonex.net/pdf/hab-FAQ-3.html
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Last Updated on Monday, 18 October 2004 14:17 |
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