Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 24th Jul 2006 20:08 UTC, submitted by Jane Walker
"Not long ago, choosing Linux in the data center meant a tradeoff. You had to give up some capabilities in exchange for freedom from Microsoft lock-in. But that has changed. These days the features of Windows and Linux stack up against each other very competitively. For the most part, administrators can choose Linux or Windows today without losing out. Some differences, however, must be considered. In this article, I look at several of those differences."
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2006-06-21
While the cost of Windows does range from ~$400 (Windows 2003 Web) to $3000, once you buy it, you own it and all the security updates that come during its lifetime.
Where should I begin... No, you don't own it. The Microsoft terms make it clear that you're practically only renting your copy of Windows. Furthermore, they carefully wave any responsability for anything that can go wrong with it. Third, how much payed support do you get with your copy of Windows? That's right, a limited number of support calls, nowhere near a full year payed support.
Oh, and the front page of the support site for Windows 2003 Web sports a very nice big annoucement: clean your Windows 2003 of the Zotob worm.
http://support.microsoft.com/winsrv2003
Zotob: estimated at $97,000 worth of damages per company affected:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zotob
And dang, haven't seen any serious worms for Apache on the loose. There was Scalper, back in 2002, which was pathetic, as you can see:
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-940989.html