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And then there is Fedora, Debian, Gentoo,...
"Windows Server 2003 was often cheaper than Red Hat
Enterprise Linux and Novell/SUSE Linux."

And then there is Fedora, Debian, Gentoo, Mandrake,
Knoppix, Slackware, cAos. Yellow Dog, ...

All community supported GNU/Linux distributions without
the fees of the commercially supported products (nothing
wrong with them, if they're your thing).

Community support for patching the free distributions is
very good especially for the core business components like
ssh (remote secure shell for management), apache (world
most popular web server), samba (Windows compatible file
and printer sharing). Of course, these technologies are
available with full source code so compiling the latest
version for your preferred platform is also a viable option.

And best of all no more worrying about auditing software
and maintaining a software inventory. Simply install as
many copies as you like on any number of servers, on any
number of architectures.
Posted by: Richard Flude   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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