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 don't know very much about the author except that he is definitely biased like hell.
how can he even start ranting about MSOffice and then choose Open Office for Linux as a comparison? Open Office DO exist for Windows... Viruses and Spyware is easily solved for home users... AV is free (grissoft) as well as using FireFox.
The only cost he can talk about there is OS costs, and normally when you buy a box you get win XP for a very cheap cost so it's not really a problem.
I believe this article is what you can call FUD