Total Cost of Ownership

Total Cost of Ownership Literature

British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA)

Open source software in schools:

• A study of the spectrum of use and related ICT infrastructure costs May 2005 - Evaluates use of open source software (OSS) and related infrastructure costs within schools.
• Case study report May 2005 - Examines eight case studies of the schools included in Becta's open source software (OSS) in schools project.

Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

• Total Cost of Ownership for the Classroom - Reports, case studies and tools to help schools calculate TCO for effective ICT planning and strategy development.

Gartner

• Gartner: Open source will quietly take over Zdnet, 4 Apr 2008
• Open-Source Software Running for Public Office Apr, 2003

Professor Kathryn Moyle

• Total Cost of Ownership and Open Source Software July 2004

Con Zymaris

• Why the Unbundling Windows Sceptics are Wrong updated Oct, 2007
• Linux vs. Windows TCO Comparison Dec, 2004