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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Driver disks? Heck yeah they're still around. And it drives me nuts to have to use them every single time I install Windows. There's a driver disk that came with the motherboard, video card, sound card, etc. But you know what, you don't really 'need' the video driver do you, I mean the default VGA driver 'works'. Sheesh, gimme a break. They're called CDROMS these days, but they definitely exist...