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basic math shows that MS is most costly OS ever
This analysis has been done over and over by the organizations which count, not the marketing shops but the end user shops. That's why IBM saved itself by puttin an end user exec in charge of its rebirth - lose the religion - its all about getting the work done.

Since MS does not even play in the mission critical space where Linux and UNIX do, as well as mainframes, any attempt to shift the argument is just that - an attempt to buck up support with the fickle user base who sees their peers moving off MS in droves and never once looking back.

Fact is the TCO comes down to three things, capital expense (HW), ongoing expense (SW), and maintenence. Hopefully the cost is offset by productivity gains or you would be better throwing the capital investment (HW) crap in the dumpster and saving on SW and maintenence expense dollars.

Since the HW costs are the same between LINUX and WIndows, we can only look at the second two cost items. Since the SW license feews are lower in LINUX MS loses there. Since the LINUX platform is more stable, scalable, and robust, it wins in the maintenence and even gets more work done on the same HW (thereby lowering HS costs as well as SW and people costs).

Ya know when the competition has you beat when your only argument is a false one which uses "new math" to prove your cheaper than the good stuff customers are switching too. MS has finally admitted that "innovation" is fantasy and "cheap" is all they know how to deliver.
Posted by: oldskool   Posted on: 05/26/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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lol  eLurker | 05/26/04
Assumptions of study?  richard@... | 05/26/04
Assumption was, you say what we want or we don't pay you  oldskool | 05/26/04
Spin vs. reality  catlord17 | 05/26/04
For most, Linux is much cheaper. In some cases they might be about equal.  DonnieBoy | 05/26/04
I would go further.  doe_z | 05/26/04
The key is to use at least 5% Linux Desktop, or as much as you can.  DonnieBoy | 05/27/04
Reminds me of TV ads  STDog | 05/27/04
Ford: "Toyotas aren't cheaper!" (nt)  ryusen | 05/26/04
You know what is cheapest????  DonnieBoy | 05/26/04
basic math shows that MS is most costly OS ever  oldskool | 05/26/04
And then there is Fedora, Debian, Gentoo,...  Richard Flude | 05/26/04
Exactly: are companies buying Linux or a distro?  Anton Philidor | 05/27/04
Reply  MG_z | 05/27/04
Making a profit on open source.  Anton Philidor | 05/27/04
Re-read the "study" and your post  Richard Flude | 05/27/04
I think you nailed it...  Anton Philidor | 05/27/04
linux is better than windows in some ways  blahblahblah | 05/26/04
This is the wrong tactic  Linux_Developer | 05/26/04
Waaaa, Waaaa, Waaaa....  Da-Man | 05/27/04
Another INFOMERCIAL from Microsoft  George Mitchell | 05/27/04
Servers still are expensive, desktops called servers are cheap  oldskool | 05/27/04
Your point is???  MG_z | 05/27/04
Who Cares What You People Say!  Da-Man | 05/27/04
Proprietary SW was what makes IT work, turn the page  oldskool | 05/27/04
spare evengels...  ryusen | 05/27/04
5 years isn't long enough and assumptions are unknown  escoles@... | 05/27/04
excellent point, re-buying all the SW kills MS cost model  oldskool | 05/27/04
There is some truth  MG_z | 05/27/04
Simple Rules for Posting  jLindler | 06/10/04
Microsoft: Linux isn't cheaper  bear2bar@... | 05/27/04

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