On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Michael Viron wrote:

+ Some organizations, in addition to security, also must consider how
+ expensive going with one option over the other might be. Web Spinners went
+ with a linux based solution, and initially saved an estimated $80,000 (or
+ more) in software licensing expenses over trying to provide the same with a
+ Windows-based solution. Since then, we've saved at least another $70k -
+ 80k. Saving $160,000 in 4 years of operation is a pretty sizable chunk,
+ when our budget (at its highest) was at $1,100 for the year, especially
+ considering that our funding comes directly from the students' Activity and
+ Service Fees.

WAIT!

Do I smell a story for "MandrakeBizcases.com" here? Have you already
contacted "enterprisemandrakesoft.com"?

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        Denis

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