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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. Penguin Power by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Amazing, another article on /. said windoze had a less TCO.

    Hmm

  2. A significantly larger number of systems? by norcal · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "It is because Linux admins, although slightly more expensive, can handle a significantly larger number of systems than their Windows counterparts." Using what? VNC? I can monitor the same amount ofboxes using that on a linux machine as I can on my win2k desktop using WinVNC. We also use an app simply called remote admin on ms boxen that uses more resources than vnc, but is faster and has better windowing. Your average linux admins are made to handle more machines in their jobs, and windoze techs are see as l@mes whos remote administration goes as far as their kvm cables reach.

  3. Hehe, it is not cheaper at all by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Overall Windows is a better choice for desktop for sure. For servers, I am not sure, it all depends on the market. If the labor for Linux is more expensive, there is no way it can be cheaper.