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List:       suse-linux-uk-schools
Subject:    Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Costs of RM vs "other" options - advocating
From:       Michael Brown <mbrown () fensystems ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-03-06 11:54:44
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> I haven't yet found out the costs of the RM support and
> provisions, nor whether it is an annual contract cost, or
> whatever. That seems to be very hard to come by - I suspect
> that it is quite pricey and a lot of it somewhat hidden costs.
> Anyway, what sort of bottom line provision can one get for
> proper support, software installed and working, ongoing
> support and maintenance, appropriate educational materials for
> the various key stages etc. and still remain out of the
> clutches of Microsoft?
> I'd like to shift our cost spend from paying for software to
> paying for the labour costs of value added services, which is
> the basis of the economics of open source anyway IMHO (and a
> more moral position too boot, but lets leave this out of the
> query for now!).
> Anyone got anything for me to start building a case upon? Hard
> figures please :-)

I'd rather not start using this list as an advertising medium so I'm not
going to post figures, but you can find some on our web site
(http://www.fensystems.co.uk/prices.html and
http://www.fensystems.co.uk/support.html).

HTH,

Michael


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