[CS-FSLUG] France eyes la vie en open source

[Frank Bax]

At 07:15 PM 6/21/04, Fred Miller wrote:

>"At stake, in the case of office suite software alone, is around 300 million
>euros ($362.5 million) worth of software to be introduced to state computers
>over three years. Savings on operating systems could be of a similar order,
>officials said."
>
>http://news.com.com/France+eyes+la+vie+en+open+source/2100-7344_3-5239554.html


 >> "In fact, open-source software is not free. It is very expensive
 >> because it shifts the cost to maintenance, services, integration
 >> and training," Christophe Aulnette, head of Microsoft France, said.


He's stating/implying these costs are higher with free software - has this 
been proven?