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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Gimme a freakin' break here! This article couldn't have been more biased if it tried.
Tell you what, Mr. Smartypants, get yourself a copy of Slackware and install that on your new boxes, then put them up on the Internet without a firewall. Let's see what happens.
Try again with SUSE, or RH, or Gentoo....
The result will be the same: rooted. You don't bother to add in the cost of the TIME to configure your new happy linux box, nor the TIME to convert your data, or the TIME for training the user....
Linux is great, provided your time is worth nothing. But plop a XP box on their desk, and they can get to work. Oh, and thought about buying perhaps a Dell? Gee, for about $500 I cna get a new machine with Office on it. It's called a corporate discount. Look into it.