<div dir="ltr">i've seen much discussion across the web about cost comparisons between the two. i'm sure there's a wealth of gleemable information to assist in skipping alot of the ground work for that Dan. if one was interested enough to spend however long it takes to search for it, and check sources and methods if doing it propperly. ;)<br>
<br>anyways... just wanted to say...<br><br><br>WOOHOO!<br><br>HAPPY DAY!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/9/24 Dan Bolser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dan.bolser@gmail.com">dan.bolser@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">2008/9/23 Robert Ladyman <<a href="mailto:it@file-away.co.uk">it@file-away.co.uk</a>>:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/23/becta_open_source_schools_at_last/" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/23/becta_open_source_schools_at_last/</a><br>
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</div>A while back I was considering to use the freedom of information act<br>
to acertain exactly how much government money goes to Microsoft.<br>
However the idea got mired in difficulty in terms of effectively<br>
'costing' a wholesale switch over to FOSS (i.e. including the cost of<br>
traing and support for example). Still, it could be an interesting<br>
figure to obtain.<br>
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I'd be interested if anyone has any input for this or a similar project.<br>
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Dan.<br>
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