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Compare apples to apples

* Training
- Initial training costs higher, obviously
- Recurring training another matter
* Migration
* Recurring Licensing issues
* Forced upgrade issues
* Hardware requirements to run the respective products
* Amount of work each machine can do
* Number of machines each admin can care for

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