[Gllug] Re: is this a big problem?

[Matthew Thompson]

On 28 Aug 2005, at 23:11, Craig Millar wrote:

> On 26/08/05 17:58 +0100, Tethys wrote:
>
>> ...and back in the real world, Linux is expensive to deploy
>>
>
> not always - for a small business, like the one that i work for,  
> it's cost
> nothing (apart from many enjoyable man hours for a paid enthusiast)

Have you considered just how much a man hour costs?

Let's take someone on an hourly rate of £17 - a £30k position.

The employer pays NI, Pension contibutions etc bumping the figure up.  
They pay the electricity, internet connection, water rates, tea and  
coffee, depreciation on the equipment used etc.

This makes your 2 days cost the company approaching £500.

Nothing is free - everything has to be paid for and you couple of  
days spent setting up a Samba domain which is "a monster using  
something that not everyone will be able to readily administer."  
could have been easily setupp in a matter of hours using windows for  
a similar cost. A couple of hours and about £400 for Windows inc. 5 CALs

For a small firm who just need some file and printer sharing the is  
an example of how Windows and Linux can be cost neutral. In the  
future, should there be a problem that causes these IT staff to be  
unavailable, the day to day support overhead of the Windows system is  
likely to be much lower.

M at t :o)

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