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InfoWorld on Switching to Linux

Posted by michael on from the you-will-be-assimiliated dept.

brentlaminack writes "The latest Infoworld is running a lengthy piece about The Real Cost of Switching to Linux, where it makes sense and where it doesn't. As one of their columnists points out, the debate has switched from "if" to "where". One of the big wins for Linux was in the area of remote administration. Specifically noted was ssh. Also of note is the shift in calculating cost from TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) as has been calculated in the past, to ROI (Return on Investment) that focuses more on what you can do with the technology to get work done."

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  1. Linux = Everybody, BSD = A group of people by buttkick · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And that's the reason that BSD isn't as popular as Linux, even knowing that IT IS a better system than Linux. Linux is more democratic, anybody can join the group, (even the ones that doesn't have the skills required to build an OS from the ground up, hehe), and BSD is controlled by the FreeBSD Core, like the other BSDs. I think in the end maybe some corporations are "afraid" of the commitments with a group, and they see linux as a wild spread fenomen that is just impossible to stop and control, because there are just too many options, too many distribuitons, and that's a good and a bad thing. Well being a BSD guy, I admit, Linux is winning, but market dominance, doesn't mean better products, or peoples lifes easier, just look at M$ and Windows, so Linux must be carefl with that. ===== FreeBSD user since 1994, and OpenBSD since this year. OpenBSD pf is kicking ass. Linux user since 1994 ??? only when an app or doesn't work or avaiable on FreeBSD. ;-) Windows??? Never as server, most of the time as desktop.