Below, after the signature, is a quick and sloppy translation of the whole
text. CS has come a long way considering that it seems that most in the
country think the sun rises and sets out of Bill Gates' ass and many were
even in 1999/2000 echoing his words in still calling the Internet a
passing fad.
Anyway, the translation of the key quote is :
"Uppsala University pays less than a tenth of the ordinary
price for MS Office."
Around 2000/2001, which was when I last checked, universities and
polytechnics seemed in most cases to be paying the equivalent of full (US)
retail price though it was called at the time a discount.
Anyway, it's discounts like that which can be leveraged by OOo: the more
credible the evaluation and strategy for using OOo, the deeper the
discount. I recall that in 2002-2003 it was not uncommon to read of 60%
discount. However, new deal comes with new purchases and the new
purchases include a lot of proprietary server-based services.
-Lars
Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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On Mon, 8 May 2006, Cor Nouws wrote:
Seems I have to be logged in to read it?
Besides, my Swedish is far from sufficient :-)
Could somone give a summary please?
03 Dec 2004
The message from leading experts is unanimous: Linux is at least as good
as Windows on both the servers and clients. Today ComputerSweden covers a
lot on Linux and OpenSource.
Why?
Well, because it is one of the hottest questions in each one of the
country's IT departments. Today there are no technical arguments against
Linux as an operating system for servers and clients.
Comment: a look back to the past year show that Linux has become an
accepted alternative to Unix and Windows. Therefore the magazine's whole
technology section today will be dedicated to the phenomenom.
The majority of Swedish companies and agencies use open source in one way
or another.
On the servers there is no doubt. Linux is stable, inexpensive and
quality. On that everyone is in agreement.
It's worse with clients. MS has as is familiar a strong grip on the
personal computer market with a marketshare of over 90 percent.
There are no signs that it would change drastically in the foreseeable
future, even if Gartner's Brian Gammage says that Linux no longer has any
technical difficulties in contrast to Windows.
The dominant software giant's products are used in all companies and mass
adoption of Linux can be forgotten. Furthermore Microsoft is severely
determined to not allow customers to switch platforms. One example are
the violently reduced prices for the MS Office package to Swedish
universities.
Uppsala University pays less than a tenth of the ordinary price for MS
Office.
Looking forward to 2005 we see a continuation of the upward trend with
Linux.
Skanska, Spray, PPM and Boss Media are just a few examples of companies
and agencies that build mission critical systems on Linux.
The open technology is backed by IBM, HP, Oracle, SAP, CA, and Dell to
name just a few. The full list is truly looooonng...
After having read through a number of investigations from independent
analysts, Microsoft and Linux fans, I conclude that open source is not
cheaper when one accounts for the cost of integration, testing and
maintenance.
So, what should be done?
It is self-evident that one needs to draft a strategy for open source.
Then one can press the traditional vendor for better prices and get
Microsoft to invest in research and development and improve its products.
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