Bill Jonas wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 08:17:34PM -0700, George Toft wrote:
> > I'm comparing OS costs.  The box comes with Windows, which the company
> > pays for.  Linux is extra.
> 
> Ahem.  I think you said "Linux" when you meant "Windows".  As in, "The
> box comes with Windows, which the company pays for.  Windows is extra."
> 
> It is my understanding that most mid-size-and-larger businesses have a
> site or volume license for Windows and many of them will Ghost a
> standard OS image onto the drive.  OEMs will not sell a "naked" PC.
> Thus, most businesses in this class wind up paying twice for the same
> product.
> 
> Or am I mistaken?
> 
> --
> Bill Jonas    *    bill@billjonas.com    *    http://www.billjonas.com/
> "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your front door.  You step
> into the Road,  and if you don't keep your feet,  there  is  no knowing
> where you might be swept off to."  --  Bilbo Baggins
> 


You are correct if the box will have Windows installed.  If Linux us
installed, it was shipped with Windows, then Linux, WHICH IS NOT FREE
($$$), is installed.  The RHAS license is $2700 per server.  That's what
I meant by "Linux is extra."
-- 
George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
CIO
AGD,LLC
www.agdllc.com
623-203-1760
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