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RE: [TCLUG:3331] Windows NT pricing
Here is a proposala I made to a company that wanted a bid to upgrade their
server
Server Software:
Plan A
Network Operating System Red Hat Linux Price $50
Includes:
* Internet gateway software
* Proxy server
* BRU Backup suite
* Samba (Windows(tm) file and print services)
* Apache Web Server
* Sendmail e-mail package
* Internet firewalling capability
* Unlimited user connections.
* Dial in remote access to the server
Total $50
Pros: Fast, Flexible, very customizable, very affordable. Many additional
features are freely available. National support contracts are available for
purchase.
Drawbacks: Learning curve takes some time.
Plan B
Network Operating System Windows NT Server
Base Price $ 290
Includes:
File and Print Services
IIS Web Server
Additional Software needed
Windows NT 10 client Pack $385
Microsoft Exchange Server $489
Microsoft Proxy Server $896
Pros: Interface looks like Windows, brand recognition.
Drawbacks: Difficult to customize, new features require software purchase,
comparatively slow and unstable.
Total $ 2060
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Kochie [SMTP:ben@nerp.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 2:34 AM
> To: tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:3331] Windows NT pricing
>
> i think those numbers are a tad high..
>
> windows 98: full version with manual and cert. $84
> windows NT 4.0 server: 25 client licenses $537
>
> ftp service: built in (it's ugly, but works) free
> MS IIS 4.0 (in all the ms glory) free
> email.. well post.office is expensive as hell
>
>
> On 14-Jan-99 Serge M. Egelman wrote:
> > My guess is about $200 (Win98 full version) for each of the Win9x boxes
> and
> > probably another $500 for NT Server. So that would be $6500 for 30
> machines.
> > Not only did you save all that money, but they work better (or work
> period
> > for
> > that matter).
> >
> > serge
> >
> > Tim Wilson wrote:
> >
> >> Hey everybody,
> >>
> >> Got a quick question here.
> >>
> >> Some of you are familiar with the network I have here at Sibley. Right
> >> now I've got about 30 workstations and a Linux server providing all of
> the
> >> usual Linux server goodies. Somebody asked me today how much it would
> have
> >> cost to run the network if I had used Windows products. I don't know
> the
> >> NT stuff very well, so I didn't have a good guess. Does anybody know
> >> approx. how much it would cost to outfit 30 machines with Win9x and a
> >> server with Win NT including email, ftp, web server,... etc.
> >>
> >> -Tim
> >>
> >> --
> >> Timothy D. Wilson "A little song, a little dance,
> >> University of MN, chem. dept. a little seltzer down your
> >> wilson@chem.umn.edu pants." -Chuckles the Clown
> >> Phone: (612) 625-9828 as eulogized by Ted Baxter
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> Thank You,
> Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
>
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