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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It isn't what people need it is what they want.
They don't need 99.9% of windows or linux. Who really needs a gui? No one. Since one can go to the store and get a fully working and warranteed computer loaded that every neighbor can assist with then your whole point of linux is a shame. Yes, I may not be the brightest bulb in the garden but I have yet to find a linux distro that I thought was "easy". Sure your ma might be a whiz and your granny too. I can also assure you that very few computers are actually line tested with linux. That means with all the billions of chips that millions of computers that some chip from some company will fail on linux.
If it was so easy then why doesn't all your grannies ask for linux? Hey, I a beos guy, I would rather see a smart OS built for x86 boxes run rather than a stolen unix os forced to run slowly on an x86 box or a stolen dos os patched to run.