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Linux Is Cheaper

Posted by timothy on from the reload-redux dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet is running a story on what a lot of us already know: Linux IS cheaper than Windows. This not because it is free. It is because Linux admins, although slightly more expensive, can handle a significantly larger number of systems than their Windows counterparts."

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  1. Hi timothy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When will you post "Brazilian Cable Company Accused of Capping Modems at Lower Speeds"?

    I thought this site was about "stuff that matters".

  2. Price is not everything... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    People could pay me money to install Linux, I still still can't use Lightwave on it today.

    I mean seriously, the OS isn't the biggest issue when using computers at a business. There's apps and there's the people using it. One could make the argument that Macs are more expensive than Windows based machines, but some places still choose to use them.

    I guess what I'm really saying is "Yah, whatever, it's still not a decisive argument."

  3. Really? by smagruder · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    No shit? {Sorry for this kind of response, but heck, you asked for it}

    --
    Steve Magruder, Metro Foodist
  4. This Windows/Linux is cheaper is starting to... by null_terminator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    sound like: My dad can beat up your dad.

  5. This not because it cheaper? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Me like Lunix because it learn me good grammar.

  6. Re:That's because Linux admins are self-taught by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Well first of all you are assuming you'd know if someone else 0wned your machines."

    Well, if you're going to assume that, then how do you know Linux is secure? Derr.

    "Secondly, if you've been screwed by a worm, that just shows how vulnerable you are to a person with even limited abilities."

    Yep, I sure had limited abilities when I first started doing that type of work a couple of years ago. I heard you weren't terribly good at walking when you were young. ;)