[mdlug] What Intel Giveth, Microsoft Taketh Away

[Aaron Kulkis]

Dave Arbogast wrote:
> 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.
> 

This is called "addiction"

> 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.
>