Examining Total Cost of Ownership
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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