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Windows vs. Unix Revisited
dubious9 writes "Linuxworld has another TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) comparison of Windows vs. Unix. Note that is it not a Linux comparison or a specific Unix comparison at all. The comparison here is the Windows client/server model vs. the terminal/server Unix model. It discusses the needs of a school/university and considers such facts as what the students will have to run at home. It's written by a self proclaimed Unix evangelist, so don't expect it to be unbiased, but he makes points that are hard to argue with. All in all, it is a refreshing TCO comparison."
When real managers calculate real TCO's, they take into account the use of the technology, the learning curve for *their* employees, and everything else that is specific to them.
Anyone who says 'this is cheaper than that' is just showing their own agenda.
It's no big surprise MSFT's agenda is selling MS products. But when "independant computer professionals" start doing it, it just bores me. I don't buy into the "fight FUD with FUD" approach to preaching Linux.
It just reads like the PS2 vs Xbox fanboy type crap. Who cares.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
What fonts can't mozilla display?
Sure, your basic consumer-level apps are better on Windows than on Unix. Unix really isn't a desktop OS (yet). But in the workplace where engineers need real power, unix can't be beat.
Linux gives us the power we need to crush those who oppose us!
:)
Windows...well...it gives you blue screens of death.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
--Aristotle
>> you CAN hire a linux expert for the same as a windows expert.
You dont need an expert at all for many windows installations.
It's great for you that you found the cheapest solution. The company my wife works for just threw out their mainframe and the six figures earning support tech, because they realized that they could just install excel on a bunch of PCs, and no extra staff is needed because everyone knows how to work it.
I really cant wait until this whole boring nerd holy-war over the OS is past and gone.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Perhaps you should *READ* anything I wrote.
I NEVER wrote windows ANYWHERE. I wrote PC, as in "Personal Computer".
Comparing 500 personal computers to a bunch of X Servers is stupid. Being unable to tell the difference between "Personal Computer" and "Windows" is just moronic.
Nearly everything I wrote requires a Personal Computer. Almost nothing I wrote about requires Windows. Get your head out of your ass.
Slashdot is jumping the shark. I'm just driving the boat.
It may be an option for me and my little 5-machine network at home. It may be an option for Guido's Shoe Repair. It's not an option for Fortune 1000 firms that have thousands of computers and enourmous support needs. The only company out there right now that even comes close to playing in that arena is RedHat. Period.