Post on 23-Dec-2015
LINUX VERSUS MICROSOFT: REVIEW AND ANALYSIS
COMPUTERS ARE USELESS.THEY CAN ONLY GIVE YOU ANSWERS.
Pablo Picasso
PROBLEMS
The staff has brought the following issues to the attention of our managers
computers crashing
loss of data
data inconsistencies
RECOMMENDATIONUpgrade the Vista operating system to
Windows 7 Professional Continue our relationship with Microsoft
Take a deeper look into an open source alternative and develop a plan to make a change
DESKTOPS SIDE BY SIDE PCLinuxOS Windows 7
Professional
SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMSWindows Server 2008
Red Hat Linux
OPEN SOURCE PRODUCTIVITY SUITES
MICROSOFT AND OPEN OFFICE
WordWorksWithWine
MICROSOFT AND LIBRE OFFICE
WineMayCauseWineing
MICROSOFT LICENSING COSTS Software Provider
Software Offering
Cost
Microsoft Office 2010 $4252.00
Microsoft Server 2008 $1310.00
Microsoft Client Access License (CAL)
$2646.00
Microsoft Exchange Email Client
$1107.00
No annual renewal fees for our current Microsoft Products. We have invested $9315.00 in Microsoft products since 2010.
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE LICENSING
Software Provider
Software Offering
Cost
PCLinuxOS Operating System
$0.00
Libre Office Productivity Suite $0.00
Open Office Productivity Suite $0.00
Red Hat Linux Server Operating System
Standard Support 2598.00
Communigate Email Client $1299.00
Both Red Hat and Communigate require annual renewal of license. The estimated annual renewal fees are $983.82
COST COMPARISON WINDOWS 7 PRO AND LINUX Purchasing Open Source Software Licenses
Initial purchase of license $3897.00 Annual renewal fees estimated $983.82 Training for IT Staff begins at $6035.00
Purchasing Windows 7 Professional licenses Licenses are $139.31 each totaling $2089.65 No annual renewal fees No training required
CONCLUSION
Continue relationship with Microsoft Windows 7 Professional gives us three to five years of
service Licenses total $2089.65
Comprehensive Review of Open Source Software Will licensing costs become a burden Benefits of training our IT Staff to use Linux