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:"Hidden Costs" of Linux Refuted
"Hidden Costs" of Linux Refuted
Jan 9, 2008, 22 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (7206 reads)

The Beez' Speaks...: A Brief Exercise in FUD Dissection

[ Thanks to Hans Bezemer for this link. ]

"Sometimes you stumble across an article that makes you wonder whether people are spreading FUD or whether they are really that ignorant. When you take it down, bit by bit, it becomes more and more obvious how ridiculous their statements are. This one is from Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. It is a well written article and it seems as if he knows what he is talking about. Well, since I have an unexpected free half hour as I wait for a call to be returned, let's take this baby apart..."

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The Tech and Other Cents: Hidden Cost of Enterprise Computing

[ Thanks to Alex Bogak for this link. ]

"Take for example the article I just read. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from Datamation (IT Management publication) wrote an essay, in which he discusses the hidden costs of using Linux operating system. What he does though, is mixing quite a fix things in one bag, and not the good way. He mixes the problems that home users might have and implementing them to enterprise users, which is wrong. There's quite different approach in enterprise IT departments to computing and infrastructure..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
It's been so long since I was writin ...   Cannot allow issue to be framed this way.   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 9, 2008, 22:43:34
 
Right on Dean.  Back before the bubble b ...   Re: Cannot allow issue to be framed this way.   
guru
Jan 10, 2008, 00:18:14
 
Bit by bit I'm getting the notion th ...   A broken idea, from any angle.   
Anonymous
Jan 10, 2008, 03:09:19
 
The problem with trying to compare costs ...   Re: Re: Cannot allow issue to be framed this way.   
Dean Pannell (aka dinotrac)
Jan 10, 2008, 03:12:40
 
I'm totally with you DeanI just want ...   Right on Dean   
Alex Bogak
Jan 10, 2008, 08:08:28
 
>> If you spend the money, spend it on t ...   Re: Re: Re: Cannot allow issue to be framed this w   
Jose_X
Jan 10, 2008, 08:38:56
 
We need to have a clear defination  of " ...   Define Cost   
Jesse Dorland
Jan 10, 2008, 22:33:27
 
> We need to have a clear defination  of ...   Re: Define Cost   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 10, 2008, 23:43:54
 
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