If a business cannot afford 2000$ every 3 years pr machine they have running, they either have too many useless machines running, or they should not not exist. It's akin to rely on a car, but complain that it require maintenance.
That's the original post I was responding to. In the context of the discussion, I was referring to a business that made so little money they couldn't afford to buy software licenses. The original poster said one option was that they shouldn't exist as a business. I merely said that one possible option for a business in this situation is to use Linux on the desktop. Apparently the alternative is that, much like a dead parrot, they cease to exist.
Obviously, I wasn't referring to an ordinary business, nor am I advocating this approach normally.
I do understand your logic, but my statement was akin to a mechanic buying the cheapest tools, slightly out of tolerance, and and a diagnosticstool that don't quite give them all the correct error codes.
In the long run that descision will cost them more, than buying the correct tools in the first place - so if they cannot afford it, it's hard to justify the existince of that business. Perhaps it's a telling sign of a manager that doesn't understand the implication of that decision, or a dying business.
That's the original post I was responding to. In the context of the discussion, I was referring to a business that made so little money they couldn't afford to buy software licenses. The original poster said one option was that they shouldn't exist as a business. I merely said that one possible option for a business in this situation is to use Linux on the desktop. Apparently the alternative is that, much like a dead parrot, they cease to exist.
Obviously, I wasn't referring to an ordinary business, nor am I advocating this approach normally.