[wellylug] RE: Linux Clinic for Schools

[Mark]

These could be contained under "techincally superior" but...

add:

- correctly deployed and used is close to completely invulnerable to 
virus - saves cost and downtime
- remote administration simplifies management and saves time/cost
- zero license management costs
- open standard file formats - avoiding lockin to expensive applications
- cheaper for students to have similar setup at home

I am sure there are more....


Klenner, Colin wrote:

>Some points about 'Free' that we should remember.
>
>The basis for using Linux is that it is
>1. technically superior to other offerings
>2. harder for ordinary users to damage
>3. has a large number of good products available for use
>Obviously it has value to the user on this basis.
>
>The 'free' portion of Linux is, and has always been, that the code is freely
>available, not the implication that it can be acquired at no cost. It does
>not attract licence fees for the base system services. This is the basic
>difference to other proprietary OS's and products, which can and do charge
>for the purchase of a licence (to use the software). Any accountant can show
>the value of one to the other on a dollar basis.
>
>If a support contract or supporting documentation (ie published books) are
>required then this is not within the classification and may attract a cost.
>This is where no one product stands out as all contracts of this nature are
>similar. However a well configured stable system will require less support
>and therefore attract a lower cost margin from the support agency. 
>
>Value in 'free' - obviously!
>
>Finally the other supporting arguement (less a selling point to the
>non-technical), is that the ability to get resolution to faults is better
>under the cooperative model offered freely via newsgroups, than from
>proprietary models. The net gain for the technical community as a whole is
>much greater, and therefore offsets the minor cost of connection and time
>donated. Not 'free' just more efficient.
>
>Feel free to pass this to the dissenting Aucklanders for their edification.
>
>Colin
>-----Original Message-----
>
>  
>




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