cost/benefit of switching to open source

[Matthew Cascio]

Hello Ambassadors,

I'm working on a strategy presentation to help a client understand the 
cost/benefit to IT departments for switching 100% to open source.  I 
searched the list archives, but didn't see anything relevant.

Can anyone point to some good research on the topic or case studies of 
companies that have done this?


Many thanks,

Matthew Cascio
DC Metro Ambassador

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Matthew Cascio wrote:

>  Hello Ambassadors,
>
>  I'm working on a strategy presentation to help a client understand the 
>  cost/benefit to IT departments for switching 100% to open source.  I searched 
>  the list archives, but didn't see anything relevant. 
Well, there's a bunch of sales-y stuff here from Red Hat:

http://www.redhat.com/solutions/info/casestudies/

Hope this helps...

--g

[wonderer]

hy Matthew,

I had several years ago such a presentation (sorry, must search for it) 
but I have found so far some infos:

http://www.aboutdebian.com/linux.htm (some collegues)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/compare/default.mspx (yes, you 
must know the propaganda ;-) )
http://www.cyber.com.au/about/linux_vs_windows_tco_comparison.pdf (with 
charts, good for Decisionmakers ;-) ).
http://whitepapers.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000651,260280265p-39000381q,00.htm
http://www.michaelhorowitz.com/Linux.vs.Windows.html (some other thoughts)

Here in Germany the Town München will migrate to Linux these days 
(sorry, thats in german but maybe some Online-Translater can do the thing):
http://www.egovcom.de/srvinclude/4/1/inews_daily.asp?opt=archiv&red_n...
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Muenchner-Linux-Migration-bleibt-auf-Kurs-...
Hope it helps...


best regards
Henrik - wonderer(a)fedoraproject.org


Matthew Cascio schrieb:
>  Hello Ambassadors,
>
>  I'm working on a strategy presentation to help a client understand the 
>  cost/benefit to IT departments for switching 100% to open source.  I 
>  searched the list archives, but didn't see anything relevant.
>
>  Can anyone point to some good research on the topic or case studies of 
>  companies that have done this?
>
>
>  Many thanks,
>
>  Matthew Cascio
>  DC Metro Ambassador
>
>
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>

[David Nalley]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Matthew Cascio <matt(a)matthewcascio.com&gt; wrote:
>  Hello Ambassadors,
>
>  I'm working on a strategy presentation to help a client understand the
>  cost/benefit to IT departments for switching 100% to open source.  I
>  searched the list archives, but didn't see anything relevant.
>
>  Can anyone point to some good research on the topic or case studies of
>  companies that have done this?
>
>
>  Many thanks,
>
>  Matthew Cascio
>  DC Metro Ambassador
>
>
>  --
>  Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list
>  Fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com
>  https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
>  
Hi Matt,

If the stuff from Greg and Henrik isn't enough let me know and I'll
try and find some additional resources for you.
As an aside we have a North American Ambassadors Meeting tonight  at
9pm Eastern in #fedora-meeting and would love to have you join us.

Thanks,

David Nalley

[rafaelliu]

Wouldn't it be useful to have it in on the wiki? As material for speakers
and as an article for end users?

Rafael Liu



On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:10 PM, David Nalley <david(a)gnsa.us&gt; wrote:

>  On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Matthew Cascio
> <matt(a)matthewcascio.com&gt;
>  wrote:
>  > Hello Ambassadors,
>  >
>  > I'm working on a strategy presentation to help a client understand the
>  > cost/benefit to IT departments for switching 100% to open source.  I
>  > searched the list archives, but didn't see anything relevant.
>  >
>  > Can anyone point to some good research on the topic or case studies of
>  > companies that have done this?
>  >
>  >
>  > Many thanks,
>  >
>  > Matthew Cascio
>  > DC Metro Ambassador
>  >
>  >
>  > --
>  > Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list
>  > Fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com
>  > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
>  >
>
>  Hi Matt,
>
>  If the stuff from Greg and Henrik isn't enough let me know and I'll
>  try and find some additional resources for you.
>  As an aside we have a North American Ambassadors Meeting tonight  at
>  9pm Eastern in #fedora-meeting and would love to have you join us.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  David Nalley
>
>  --
>  Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list
>  Fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com
>  https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
>