Windows vs. Unix Revisited

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Posted by michael on Thursday February 27, 2003 @05:55AM from the save-a-million-bucks-or-two dept.

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."

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Being biased by govtcheez · 2003-02-27 05:57 · Score: 4, Funny

It's written by a self proclaimed Unix evangelist, so don't expect it to be unbiased

I am shocked and appalled that Slashdot would ever report something from a source biased towards *NIX!
Windows vs Linux revisited... by intermodal · 2003-02-27 05:58 · Score: 4, Funny

isn't that slashdot every day?

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All out of jokes, sorry by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-27 06:04 · Score: 3, Funny

Usually, I'd try to make some witty comment here about Unix/Windows, etc, etc. But, we've already seen this story a few dozen times, and I'm all out of original material.
What is the point of these cost comparisons? by notque · 2003-02-27 06:05 · Score: 3, Funny

I've seen several of these on slashdot. The only cost comparison I need to know is.

Windows costs me money.

Linux doesn't.

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Re:Ugh... by one9nine · 2003-02-27 06:16 · Score: 5, Funny

"xxx Linux is the best"
For those of you who aren't familiar with the XXX distro of Linux, it's basicly just Red Hat with a various preloaded bookmarks for Opera directory structure like this:
usr/local/pr0n
usr/local/pr0n/buttsex
usr/local/pr0n/donkey
usr/local/pr0n/donkey/single
usr/local/pr0n/donkey/multiple
usr/local/pr0n/lesbians
usr/local/pr0n/milfs
Bad for students by Repugnant_Shit · 2003-02-27 06:24 · Score: 3, Funny

I think having an all eunuchs campus is a bad idea. You'd be missing an essential part of the college experience.

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Re:Well it seems to me by edremy · 2003-02-27 07:17 · Score: 4, Funny

I know of one know-nothing "Exchange admin" (this is his only job, in a company of only 500 people or so) who makes $75k/year even now and spends half his day gaming.
Obviously not a very competent admin. He should be able to spend all of his time gaming.
Seriously, the sign of a really good IT person (Windows, Unix, etc) is that they can spend a good part of their time goofing off. Why? Because they designed the systems right in the first place and then fix any problems at the base rather than adding layers of ad-hoc patches. Thus, there are very few problem calls and a lot of UT2003.

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Re:YABTCOC by Lxy · 2003-02-27 07:42 · Score: 3, Funny

Whatever happened to comparing apples to apples?

Jobs and Wozniak actually invented them, so Apple vs Apple TCO studies kept coming back with the same conclusion, "yes".

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