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Follow Up to "Linux's Achilles Heel"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the at-least-some-of-us-are-polite dept.

donheff writes "Fred Langa has posted an Informationweek online followup to his "Linux's Achilles Heel" column that drew a lot of attention on slashdot recently. He responds to several of the most common criticisms and 'posits that high-priced commercial Linux vendors are on a suicidal course, unless they lower prices to accentuate their advantages over Windows.'"

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  1. Is linux really priced the same as MS? by Lord_Frederick · · Score: 5, Informative

    The price from suse for five copies of linux is $598. Isn't this still almost half the price of Microsoft Operating Systems?

  2. Price Point at the desktop is a only one area by ralf1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    His recommendation that vendors lower prices is taking htings much too simply. As a person whose job it is to sell Linux to non-Linux shops, I can tell you there are two conversations here: 1)Linux on the server - here it is already price advantaged as most Linux deployments in server rooms are replacements for mainframe/solaris/sco enviroments and WAY cheaper than those solutions 2)Linux on the desktop - here the price issue of the distry is a secondary concern. Customers worry first about retraining, security, disruption of business due to change, application compatibility, vendor support, price of the productivity suite (Office/Openoffice) then the price of the OS.

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