[ Thanks to Gene
Alexander for this link. ]
“In today’s world of shrinking budgets and shrinking
incomes, charitable organizations are feeling a financial crunch
from lower giving. Churches are among these organizations that are
struggling to make ends meet while attempting to serve the
communities around them. With budgets stagnant or shrinking does it
make fiscal sense for a charity, such as a church, to spend money
“upgrading” to Microsoft Windows 7 on the desktop and Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 in the server closet? Does it make fiscal sense
for a church to use Apple systems? No, it does not make fiscal
sense to do that. Especially when there is Linux and there are
thousands of Free Open Source Software (FOSS) applications that
have no license costs and no restrictions on freedom.“In this article I intend to show that a church, or other
charity, can financially benefit from a switch to Linux on the
desktop and in the server closet. I have looked into these options
because I have charitable organization clients and churches doing
business with my company. I am always interested in helping
charities lower their costs so they can spend more on helping our
neighbors in need. So, let us begin with the operating system.”