[ Thanks to iaf for this
link. ]
“Contrary to common belief, manageability and not initial
purchase cost is the primary component of total cost of ownership
(TCO). Improving the overall manageability of your solutions will
lower your customer’s TCO considerably. Even though Linux is free,
most companies have come to understand that the most profound
financial benefits of using Linux come from its ease of
administration, the wealth of tools available, and its
flexibility.“By building management components from true open standards and
protocols, the collective work of many hundreds of open source
projects developed over the years can be utilized to let you choose
the most appropriate suite of management capabilities…”