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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So, until the day Linux is on 100% of the desktops, servers, etc. in this world are we going to see articles every day starting wars between Windows and Linux users? Most spyware is installed along side regular software. You think if Linux takes over the desktop and your average Windows user is using it they aren't going to be installing software they download that has spyware in it? You think that users that click yes on everything won't click an attachment, it says they need to be root to run it so they type in their root password and all hell breaks loose? You think the users that don't run windows update now will loyally run Up2Date, apt-get, yum, to update exploits found in various distros? It would be great if it could happen, but if the world went 100% Linux I don't think you'll see this Utopia where all the worlds computer troubles go away; it will just be different troubles.