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标题：LETTER TO THE EDITOR
作者：Gitt, Rolf M
期刊名称：Technology in Government
印刷版ISSN：1190-903X
出版年度：2004
卷号：Sep 2004
出版社：TC Media

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Gitt, Rolf M

Re: Editor's Note, Vol. 11, Issue 4, which discusses testing Linux solutions in public sector IT shops. There are several strong drivers of IT infrastructure within the Ontario public service, and one of those is a reduction in technology footprint. As a whole the OPS is trying to standardize on a few platforms. Urging all public sector organizations to test out Linux would have huge costs for us in terms of IT staff training, the time and effort to create Linux-based test labs, the diversification of system monitoring tools (rather than a reduction in these tools), and myriad other issues. Although everyone likes to pick on Microsoft, some reportedly independent TCO studies indicate that Linux-based solutions are not cheaper than Microsoft-based solutions in the long term. I think the Linux tools need to mature a lot more before government entities should spend taxpayer dollars on reviewing these options. Government should look at Linux options again in five years, but not right now.

Rolf M. Gitt, senior project leader, IT services ITSS, Ontario provincial government