Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:10:05 +0100 From: Aernoudt Bottemanne <bottemanne@capitolonline.nl> To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need anti-exchange ammunition Message-ID: <381731ED.4248F28D@capitolonline.nl> References: <199910261348.XAA16538@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au> <3816384C.52ED34B0@capitolonline.nl> <199910271401.AAA25376@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au>
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Hi Stephen, If I can help somebody kick M$ ass, you have my full support ! The figures below are from IDC, the January report (of 1999) Stephen McKay wrote: > 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 > These figures (below) are from gartner Group October 1998. The latest I've heard, is that the differences is even growing ! that is good news. (also the TCO of M$ is getting higher in comparison with Unix. As soon as I've got the latest, advocacy is the first to know !) > >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 > > Just for info: S/390 downtime is less then 10 minutes per year.... Tandem 1,7 hours, AS/400 5,2 and VAX 18,9 Unix on Intel = 23,6. AIX (RS/6000 and SP) and HP-UX boxes have lower downtimes then the mentioned 23,6 hours. > 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. Your welcome ! FreeBSD: with patented Gates-Be-Gone(TM) gets rid of blue screens in a flash ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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