If Linux is free, why isn't it cheaper?

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Linux is cheaper, according to IBM

Over on The Register there's an article about an IBM commissioned study which sees Linux thrash both Solaris and Windows for TCO.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/01/ibm_windowsvlinux/

"An IBM-sponsored Robert Frances Group study found it is 40 per cent cheaper to buy, implement and run an application server on an x86 server running Linux than on a similar server running Windows. Robert Frances polled IT executives at 20 mid-sized and large companies with 250 or more employees.

Lack of up-front licensing fee is a big factor in Linux's favor, with added savings also in skills - with Unix sysadmins crossing over to Linux - and lower support and maintenance"

I'm a little suspicious of "vendor sponsored studies" but Microsoft's platform manager Martin Taylor has this to say in defence of commissioned studies -

"I stand 100 per cent by those [reports]. Show me a better way to work and I'll do it. The way the analyst community works is, you have to pay them".

Well, if that's the truth, then this study sure kicks the wind out of Windows!

Posted by: whisperycat   Posted on: 09/01/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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