I never said it didn't cost money.
You must think everyone is stupid. You've conveniently again snipped
something I said which was.....
'I'd say that $20K not spent on the OS's would go a LONG way in switching
over from MS to a Linux environment. It would probably end up being a
wash.'
So fine, let's cut that to $10K. There's a $10K head start in the
transitioning fund.
And if your paying someone to maintain an MS network, you could just as
well pay a Linux administrator instead.
I never said it was a simple venture either. Here's a decent article that
looks at some of the un-thought-of sides of it.
http://www.infoworld.com/infoworld/article/03/08/29/34FElinux_1.html