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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The 'average' user 'borrows' a lot of that software, thus reducing their cost of ownership. The Windows arguments remind me of the AOL arguments, you know the ones - "AOL rocks, it's the best, who needs Cable anyway". People just don't care that their private information is leaked all over the place by spyware, so long as Media Player works and fonts are pretty - just listen to all of the Usability wonks who claim that Linux sucks and isn't 'usable', while every other day another exploit is posted.