[AccessD] OT: open source

I get a news letter 'What's New Now from Ziff Davis' that had links to a 
number of articles alleging that the TCO of Microsoft product was cheaper 
than open source alternatives.  I very briefly skimmed the article but don't 
have access to the mail account that receives this news letter except 
Fridays when I do my weekly support stint at a former employer who maintains 
this account for me.

I suspect that many of the arguments have to do with the ubiquitousness of 
the Microsoft product in North America, the pervasive use of which results 
in a significantly reduced learning curve for many businesses.

Ciao
Jürgen Welz
Edmonton, Alberta
jwelz at hotmail.com


>Money, costs us a fortune for MS licences
>
>
>Martin
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Susan Harkins" <ssharkins at bellsouth.net>
>To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
><accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 4:24 PM
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: open source
>
>
> > But why should they?
> >
> > Susan H.
> >
> > >From our point of view it would be difficult in terms of
> > money and infrastructure to change over. The amount of work would be
>massive
> > requiring a substantial investment in both hardware, software and
>training.
> >
> > Its not impossible just take the will to make the move.

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