[mdlug] What Intel Giveth, Microsoft Taketh Away

[Dave Arbogast]

Like most places I have been, the CIO probably lacked vision and 
leadership. It is cut-throat at that level and they are usually more 
concerned about keeping the Thiefdom.

-dave

David Lane wrote:

> Yes I was in a shop where I thought I had professional digression I 
> asked every body in my group if it was okay to use Linux & MySQL for a 
> project. After it was approved the tech manager forced Microsoft down 
> on us.
>
> They ended up paying a whole lot more money.
>
> David
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Dave Arbogast <mdlug2 at arb.net>
> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 1:42:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] What Intel Giveth, Microsoft Taketh Away
>
> What really amazes me is nearly all CIO's are forgetting Business 101 or
> even SOX requirements -
>
> Cost / benefit analysis....    Office 2007 cost 3x (12x?) more to
> operate, does it provide 3x more utility in return ? Better still,
> Office 2007 VS OpenOffice.
>
> Same goes for Vista vs. XP, or better still Vista vs. Linux (pick your
> distro)
>
> If they were really doing their job, they would see the hardware they
> invested in is not tied to an OS / Office suite that cost them millions
> per year in acquisition cost and many times more  in AV. / maintenance /
> performance costs.
>
> -dave
>
> Michael Rudas wrote:
>
> >LOL
> >
> >I mention this kind of thing on a Linux list because most peoples'
> >perceptions of what a computer IS are so heavily influence by
> >Microsoft software, so it impacts us all -- and MS has become an
> >anchor, dragging all computer users to the briny depths of Trojans,
> >spyware, and wasted computer power...
> >
> >"Case in point: Microsoft Office 2007 which, when deployed on Windows
> >Vista, consumes over 12x as much memory and nearly 3x as much
> >processing power as the version that graced PCs just 7 short years ago
> >(Office 2000)."
> ><http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-intel-giveth-microsoft-taketh-away.html>
> >
> >~~ Mikey
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