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Recommendations and Total Cost of Ownership Analysis

It's been years since I allowed myself to get sucked into public conversations about operating systems. They were fun for a few minutes and these days my attention is all on the network. But small and medium sized organizations still need good advice about new computers. If you're a large organization, there are too many variables, but the smaller you are, the more likely it is your needs resemble those of many other small and home office (SOHO) users. Winn Schwartau is a well-known security consultant who has done his own Recommendations and Total Cost of Ownership Analysis. The report is available as a PDF with an Excel spreadsheet for supporting data. It's focused on small businesses and home users and is very application to the circumstances of most nonprofits. It includes a simple way to do your own cost analysis. It's also funny. Posted: 12/23/05; 9:19:23 PM #

llinois A-G Tells Gas Stations to Donate Money to Red Cross or Face Gas Price Gouging Charges

This isn't earth shattering news or a valuable resource, but I have to say it intrigued me. Evidently in the State of Illinois, the Attorney General has threatened gas stations with gouging charges unless they donate to the Red Cross. Must be nice. As if we needed another way in which your nonprofit and mine are not the Red Cross. Is this sort of use of the law even legal? Or maybe, given everything else going on in this country right now, all we need is fear and authority.... Posted: 12/23/05; 9:03:05 PM #