| "Are they also counting the extra downtime" With Windows 7, there should be no more (or less) downtime than any other operating system. "anti-malware packages and so on?" Anti-virus for a large enterprise can be as cheap as $1/desktop/year. Automated enterprise patch management is expensive, but when added to MS licensing, you still should be under $100/person/year. Keep in mind that if you put an OS X or Linux desktop on my enterprise network, I will make you install some form of enterprise grade automated patch management on your desktop. I.E - not only do I need you to have automated patch management, I need to know that you are patched, when you last patched, what you patched, etc; which implies an enterprise class solution. "in order to Sharepoint be as cost-effective" I'm curious, do you have any reasonably objective data to back up that statement? I ran enterprise class document management and collaboration with FOSS tools. At $10/person/year, SharePoint is a steal. |
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