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SearchEnterpriseLinux: First Steps to Linux Desktops, Calculating ROI and Using More Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 12, 2005

[ Thanks to Jan
Stafford
for this link. ]

What’s the best way to evaluate the ROI of a potential
open source migration?

Winslow: Return on investment (ROI), also
called the cost-benefit ratio, is calculated by dividing the
benefit gained by the costs to acquire the investment. You can
think of ROI as ‘for every dollar spent, I get back X
percent…'”


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Web Webster

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