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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3 licences of WinXP Home + 3 licences of the cheapest MS Office resulted in something like 30 minimum wages here in Romania... My coworkers will hate me (at least at first) but when they will come from vacation they will find KDE/Gnome and OpenOffice.
3 licences of WinXP Home + 3 licences of the cheapest MS Office resulted in something like 30 minimum wages here in Romania... My coworkers will hate me (at least at first) but when they will come from vacation they will find KDE/Gnome and OpenOffice.