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Linux TCO: Less Than Half The Cost of Windows

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-surprise-there dept.

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.'"

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  1. Re:GUI bad, CLI good? by sheldon · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Are they built into the OS or do you have to purchase them or download them after the fact?"

    Uhh, built into the OS. NT4 had a good deal of remote administration capabilities, but they were further expanded with the Win2k release. .Net Server 2003 will be able to run headless for those who want to deploy blade server farms.

    "I have never seen Microsoft brag about their remote CLI management."

    Go lookup a few keywords on google.com like WSH, WMI, Resource Kit, etc.

    "Also, I was calling the "Zombied Windows Server Admins" idiots not all Windows Server Admins. Reading is fundamental..."

    Regardless, the insult was unnecessary and inappropriate. Quit demostrating that the Linux community is full of nothing but technical know-nothings.