| Category | Product | Cost | Product | Cost |
| OS | Red Hat 5.0 | $ 50 US | NT 4.0 | $ 995 US |
| Web Server | Apache | 0 | MS IIS | 0 |
| w/Encryption | Stronghold | $995 US | MS IIS | ? |
| Firewall | ipfwadm | 0l | MS Proxy Server | $1295 US |
| Languages | C,C++ | 0 | MS C++ | $ 495 US |
| Electronic Mail | Sendmail (unlimited) | 0 | MS Exchange (10 users) | $ 1295 US |
| Scripting | Perl, bash, tcl, etc. | 0 | Third Parties | ? |
| Java | JDK 1.1.1 | 0 | ? | ? |