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To: Aernoudt Bottemanne <bottemanne@capitolonline.nl>
Cc: Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au>,
	freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Need anti-exchange ammunition 
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    from Aernoudt Bottemanne at "Wed, 27 Oct 1999 00:25:01 +0100"
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 00:01:10 +1000
From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au>
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On Wednesday, 27th October 1999, Aernoudt Bottemanne wrote:

>TCO (Total Cost of Ownership):
>Unix versus NT, in general  > 20 % cheaper to have Unix:
>
>* users    Unix=14,57% cheaper
>* staff    Unix=20,34% cheaper
>* admin    Unix=8.76% cheaper
>* network  Unix=49,77% cheaper

>Up-time: based on a thorough investigation ( > 100.000 companies...)
>Unix=23,6 hours per year of the air
>NT=224,5 hours per year of the air

I'm interested in where you got this from.  You say "Gartner", but do
you have a more precise reference?  Gartner have said a lot of stuff
over the years.  If I know the exact reference, I can get someone else
here to look it up for me.

Thanks,

Stephen.


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