Microsoft Windows: A Lower Total Cost of 0wnership

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."

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[dasmegabyte]

Dude, this is a very unusual thing to say. I also work with Linux and WIndows and have discovered the exact opposite to be true. I've never spent a penny on Windows books, and tons on Linux books. I also rarely spend more than an hour troubleshooting WIndows. I have had problems under Linux I could NEVER solve, things that I just stopped working on because they were taking too long and weren't worth it.

Not saying it isn't true, but just that it's highly unusual to find two people with diametrically opposite results. Maybe Windows is just easier for some people than it is for others, and vica versa.