Putting Linux on the desktop (vnunet)

Putting Linux on the desktop (vnunet)

Posted May 19, 2004 22:41 UTC (Wed) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
In reply to: Putting Linux on the desktop (vnunet) by freethinker
Parent article: Putting Linux on the desktop (vnunet)

The per-seat charge for Red Hat Enterprise WS is $179, right? And that's before any quantity discounts. Remember, these are Wall Street traders, very expensive employees. After figuring in benefits, the employer might be paying $200-300k for the guy in the seat, so the per-seat charge is in the noise, less than 1/1000 the cost of the employee to the company. Certainly if you're running a small nonprofit, you'll want to avoid paying that $179/employee, but do you really think Wall Street will kick out Red Hat based on this price? A competitor charging $0 might lose if he can't make a compelling case that support will be as good as Red Hat's.

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