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TCO Pyramid

Total Cost of Ownership Pyramid

This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Total Cost of Ownership or TCO is the burining term used by experts to judge the real cost of using a software that includes warranty, support, training and hardware.
TCO are different from level to level and item to item.
TCO is only relevant if there is ROI (Return of Investment) involved. In the long term the TCO may skewed if there are indirect but important benefits such as a more independent and self reliant workforce.

Find out the TCO of using free operating system compared to using free ERP. Based the finding on a simulated live case with actual figures.

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 This is a lesson part of the module [[The Web Economy]] out of the [[Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma]] course conducted by a private university.