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Microsoft Windows: A Lower Total Cost of 0wnership

Posted by michael on from the you-go-girl dept.

bahamutirc writes "Dave Aitel of Immunity, Inc. has written an excellent report detailing the lower Total Cost of 0wnership Microsoft Windows has over Linux. Dave takes a unique approach in comparing the two operating systems, and the results are not surprising. The paper was submitted to Bugtraq today and is available in PDF and Open Office."

12 of 524 comments (clear)

  1. Astroturf? by neilcSD · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought SCO were the ones supposed to be astroturfing on Slashdot...

    1. Re:Astroturf? by SlightlyOldGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

      If the marketdroids at Microsoft are no more perceptive than many slashdotters, we should be seeing a link to this paper on the "Get The Facts About Linux" page real soon now...

  2. Before the anti-Trolls come out... by Short+Circuit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Read it. It's the best TC0 analysis I've ever seen.

    Scratch that, it's the only TC0 analysis I've ever seen.

    (hint hint)

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  3. not only by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 5, Funny

    not only does Windows have a TCO, it has a TCP - Total Cost of pwn3rsh1p

  4. I t0tally agree! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Excellent paper!! I h0pe the Cx0's 0ut there take a l0ng hard l00k.

    In my 0rganizati0n, we've c0me t0 basically the same c0nclusi0n. In fact, the c0st 0f 0wnership f0r wind0ws f0r us has been *net negative*, due t0 the tremend0us number 0f an0nym0us v0lunteers we've f0und 0n the internet wh0 are m0re than willing t0 0wn 0ur machines f0r us!

    Linux can't even t0uch that!

  5. Mod Article Up! :-) by MooseByte · · Score: 4, Funny


    Too bad we can't mod articles up. That's the funniest thing I've read in quite awhile.

    Just in time too - bad Friday juju around the office at the moment. I think I'll forward this around and lift the collective mood before a coffee pot goes flying into a random cubicle.

  6. My other computer... by Dr.+Brad · · Score: 5, Funny

    T-shirt: My other computer is your Windows box.

    Take care,
    brad

    1. Re:My other computer... by bobbozzo · · Score: 5, Funny

      Another T-Shirt:

      I rooted you girlfriend's box and I didn't use a trojan!

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    2. Re:My other computer... by mt+v2.7 · · Score: 5, Funny

      A bumper sticker: My child reads your honor students email.

  7. I'm missing something here by Lurker+McLurker · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't find the -1 didn't get the joke mod anywhere

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  8. Re:I stopped reading on the second page.. by pclminion · · Score: 4, Funny
    Because of this, I couldn't take the report seriously

    Trying to ever take it seriously in the first place was your mistake.

    I'm quite amused at the number of sub-6-digit Slashdotters being reeled in on this hook...

  9. Re:What the hell ?!? No, it's not. by Ciderx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its an attempt at satire. Unfortunately, it a total failure. About as funny as famine.