{"id":34,"date":"2004-02-09T11:55:59","date_gmt":"2004-02-09T16:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=34"},"modified":"2004-02-09T11:55:59","modified_gmt":"2004-02-09T16:55:59","slug":"useful-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2004\/02\/09\/useful-advocacy","title":{"rendered":"Useful advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the CAL&#8217;s that Windows server users have to pay (per client), and all the added costs, how can the TCO be lower? IT Managers Journal has a cool <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itmanagersjournal.com\/software\/04\/01\/09\/2231250.shtml\">Migration from Windows to Linux saves thousands<\/a> write-up.<\/p>\n<p>And, <a href=\"http:\/\/actsofvolition.com\/archives\/2004\/february\/gettingtoknow\/\">Getting to know GNOME<\/a> is rather useful. In some aspects, we&#8217;re really better than Windows\/OS X. We still have plenty more work to do, but we&#8217;re getting there. 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