From: Ilker Gokhan (IlkerG@sumerbank.com.tr)
Date: Mon 28 May 2001 - 14:21:30 EEST
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Text an article in Computerworld Denmark
May 10, 2001
Save eight billion!
A new analysis by Gartner shows that the private and public sector can
save eight billion (approximately 951.000.000 US$) by dropping Linux and
changing to thin Microsoft clients.
The much talked about Open Source with free Linux software has now been
surpassed by thin Microsoft clients. A Gartner analysis surprisingly
shows, that up to 15.000 (approximately US$ 1.782) can be saved per year
on each of the 270.000 pc's in the public sector, a total of four
billion (approximately US$ 475.000.000). The private sector can save an
additional four billion by switching to thin clients.
Linux more expensive than Microsoft
Free Open Source programmes like Linux receives the kiss of death in a
brand-new analysis from Gartner that surprisingly promises savings of
15.000 (approximately US$1.782) per pc workstation per year by buying
software from Microsoft instead.
A just published Gartner analysis puts an end to all good political
dreams about puncturing Microsoft's monopoly-like IT-domination within
the public sector.
Following several years of political pressure from Christiansborg
(Parliament), the Ministry of Research and Information Technology is
currently investigating how the public sector can save money by
utilising free open source programmes like Linux instead of paid-for
programmes like Windows from Microsoft. But according to the Gartner
analysis there are no savings in open source. On the contrary, savings
can be achieved by buying Microsoft's Windows 2000 programmes and
letting the pc workstations run as so called thin clients. An apparent
paradox, that a saving of four billion is possible if you buy software
rather than use free software.
"I am very surprised that there are such large savings," says Ulrik
Larsen, Gartner Consulting. He is responsible for the analysis carried
out on behalf of a State institution. The data for the analysis was
gathered in December and January 2000. Ulrik Larsen will not reveal the
client's name.
The analysis shows that fat clients with Linux software are expensive to
use and that a poor selection of programmes renders the solution useless
for professional purposes. Use of fat clients with Windows 2000
operating systems is expensive too. There are programmes enough but the
pc's are not sufficiently stable.
In terms of thin clients (user pc with browser access to server) using
Linux, the lack of programmes once again makes it problematic for
professional use. Meanwhile thin clients with a Microsoft operating
system linked to a server come out on top with lots of programmes and
good stability.
This leads to the conclusion that thin clients would enable savings of
about four billion (approximately US$ 475.000.000) per year for the
approximately 270.000 pc's in the public sector. "As there are just as
many pc's in the private sector, the total savings would be in excess of
eight billion (approximately 951.000.000 US$) per year," says Ulrik
Larsen.
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