Linked by Ryan (aka Aurex) on Thu 10th Jun 2004 19:55 UTC
Ever since Microsoft started publicly outing Linux with their "Get the Facts" campaign, I have seen numerous articles and studies about the TCO (total cost of ownership) of both products in a head to head manner. However, I have yet to see one article discuss the TCO for home users and small businesses. I have thought long and crunched many numbers to devise a conclusion to this years old debate and I think the results are obvious... Windows is way more expensive than Linux.
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I think client licenses for SBS are $80-90. $33 sounds like a CAL for hooking into Serv03 STD.
Yes the dollars add up, especially for the Office Ste.
Although, isn't this initial cash the cost of doing business? If you can afford that employee and all the cost associated with him/her, what's another grand or two for the workstation THAT THEY ARE CONSTANTLY working on. The question is, are they more productive / have fewer issues that require tech support vs. Linux.
A computer/worker bee that's down for a hour or more re: hard/soft issues starts to wrack up lost bux pretty fast.(well it can, depending on the work not being done)
and if it's the server... OOY!