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  1. Re:Unless you pay for the media, you're not suppor by MichaelSmith · · Score: 1 · on FSF-Approved gNewSense 2.0 Released

    I can't imagine it would remove my ability to su root.

  2. Re:Patch bundling by David+Rolfe · · Score: 1 · on "Dasher" Worm Brings Christmas Keylogger

    If they bundled other fixes / changes, their business customers would get really, really pissed in a major hurry. Microsoft does NOT want to piss these people off, even with the lock they have on the market. Remember that Microsoft's whole sales pitch right now is about "total cost of ownership."

    I can't believe I'm compelled to say this...

    Don't you mean total cost of 0wnership :-D

  3. Re:I'm glad to see that by xtracto · · Score: 2, Informative · on Zero-Day IE Exploit Takes Control of PCs

    It is Total Cost of 0wnership =-)

  4. Seriously... by vidarlo · · Score: 5, Informative · on Users Reject MS Independent Study Claims
    No news to see, please move along.

    There is nothing new here. The article says that MS studies is bullshit, and that Linux-vendors funded might be bullshit too... This is the only thing close to a neutral study I've seen about Linux and Windows, and that is about security, not TCO. TCO is not easy to measure.

    There's also the excellent report on Total Cost of 0wnership, which concludes that it's less work to 0wn a windows-based computer. Mac scores good on the scale of 0wnership.

  5. TC0 by Gherald · · Score: 1, Funny · on A New Look at Linux vs. Windows TCO

    > A New Look at Linux vs. Windows TCO

    I liked The 0ld Look better :)

  6. Re:thanks to Zombie Microsoft PCs. by JollyFinn · · Score: 1 · on China and its Relation With Spam

    You forgot take account of Total cost of 0wnership. Your estimations are way off.

  7. Seriosuly. ... by Gopal.V · · Score: 2, Informative · on Australian TCO Study: Linux Wins Again
    Read Total Cost of 0wn3rship.

    There was a time when 0wn3rship by spam bots were not even considered a problem because everyone was on dialup anyway. More recently with the coming of broadband and lots of stupid users to the internet - that has become the major headache (ie spyware, malware and trojans are local issues, spam bots are bigger).

    It's a real cost when the ISP cuts you off or sends you a fat bandwidth bill :)
  8. TFA looks quite unbiased... by Gopal.V · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Australian TCO Study: Linux Wins Again
    So far all the TCO studies I've seen are quite biased by the looks of it - except this one about TC0.

    But you underestimate the staffing issues there. Firing all your MSFT IT guys and hiring new "LinuxCompatible" admins is a big pain for most companies. Of course you fire 3 Win32 admins and hire one Linux admin by default :)

    For a new startup, a Linux desktop is invaluable , especially if you have a couple of in-house developers who use it regularly. That's where linux is slowly creeping into the desktop - not in the big companies with million dollar CTOs and kickbacks from Microsoft.