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Linux TCO: Less Than Half The Cost of Windows
ggruschow writes "Linux Today reports 'The cost of running Linux is roughly 40% that of Microsoft Windows, and only 14% that of Sun Microsystem's Solaris, according to a new study which examined the actual costs of running various operating systems over three years.'"
According to this article, only 27% of the Linux servers studied used purchased copies of their Distribution...So the majority of the costs are based on the server admin's cost, which averages $71,xxx a year...my question is, where are this jobs as linux admins for $71k/ year? Who were they talking to about this, or did they just make it up?
How Jaded Are You?
If you could put a price on both sanity and your precious, precious soul, then I'm sure linux would come out ahead even further.
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They probably didn't factor in the cost of a janitor to clean up after that penguin.
So you are saying:
747 = Linux = suitable for mass usage (i.e. transporting millions of passengers every week.) now an established part of every day life.
Shuttle = Windows = tempramental, specialist technology,costs millions of $ per use and is only operable by an elite highly trained few.
Er... ok if you say so, not the ususal argumnent I have heard from either side of the lin/win battle, but I'm all for free speech...
-- Never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with a baseball bat.
How many admins do you know that actually do "other" productive work when they aren't working on the servers? Unless you count fscking around on the internet, chat rooms, and /. as 'other productive' work. :-D Maybe the Windows admins just spend 'several times' as much time screwing around. :-D
*note: This is supposed to be a joke
Can all fish swim?
Not only can Pirates get Windows XP (with a haxxored activation ID) but they can additionally get Office XP for an additional 0 dollars and 0 cents!
Our source was Lee T. Hacksor, a 13 yr-old who claims to have "0wn3d" XP for a little over a year now.
In the future, I would want to not be isolated from my friends in the Space Station.
Obviously you've never tried and failed to deploy various third party software like Nimda, Klez, or Code Red on Linux. By comparison, Windows machines practically install themselves!
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
He also says the plural of moose is moosen. I saw a flock of moosen! There are many of 'em! Many much moosen! Out in the woods! In the woodes - in the woodsen! The meese wanten the food - the food is the eatenisen! The meese want the fooden in the woodingenisn. And the fooden the woodenisim!
Brian, Brian.. you're an imbecile.
Imbesullen!
What, you speakin' German, Brian?
German-Jermaine! Jermaine Jackson! Jackson Five-TITO!
Brian, what the hell are you talkin' about?
I dunno. Dunno, really.
i recently asked my new admin (at a new job) if i could bring in my iBook and use it.
"No. No personal machines on the network."
"Oh, any reason? Other than just policy?"
"Well, they are mostly concerned with viruses and stuff, we can't control your personal computer's virus protection. But its mostly a policy thing."
"Oh, its okay, its an iBook - running Mac OS X."
"There are plenty of viruses out there for the Mac and Linux too, not just windows."
"Really? Name one virus on Mac and the ssh hole doesn't count."
Its been 3 days now. He's started calling me at home late at night, breathing heavy... mumbling something about burning down the building and his stapler...
guns kill people like spoons make Rosie O'Donnell fat.
I think if they were gonna compare apples to apples the should've grabbed a couple of G4s
Build boards not bombs
Can you...Change passwords with pwd?
Dear God, I hope not.
May we never see th
Today a Microsoft spokesman introduced a new concept : RTCO, Really Total Cost of Ownership, while promptly adding that Windows' RTCO is far below Linux'