Josh Trutwin wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:58:19 -0500 > "Mark Browne" <markdeb.browne at comcast.net> wrote: > > Interesting read... > > >>Yankee's study concluded that, in large enterprises, a significant >>Linux deployment or total switch from Windows to Linux would be >>three to four times more expensive - and take three times as long to >>deploy - as an upgrade from one version of Windows to a newer >>release. And nine out of 10 enterprise customers said that such a >>change wouldn't provide any tangible business gains. > > > I can only shake my head and try not to laugh. I just spent my ENTIRE <snipped, line wrap issues> FWIW, I've never had to reload a Windows server just because it had been running awhile, there are a couple I've had running for 2+ years that are still fairly solid, though they still like a weekly reboot. 12-18 months for a Windows workstation is about the limit as I've seen before needing a reload, but its mostly because of the innstall/uninstall cylce your average workstations sees. Josh _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list