IBM Reports Indicate Linux TCO Is Lower

Tontoman writes "Information Week reports that two research reports sponsored by IBM argue that Linux is less expensive to buy and operate than Windows or Unix. The first, a Robert Frances Group study, concluded: 'Linux is 40% less expensive than a comparable x86-based Windows server and 54% less than a comparable Sparc-based Solaris server. The Linux server's costs were $40,149, compared with $67,559 for Windows and $86,478 for Solaris.' The second, a Pund-IT report, titled 'Beyond TCO--The Unanticipated Second Stage Benefits Of Linux,' indicates that 'Linux is enormously popular among IT staff members, many of whom are at the beginning of their careers, as well as with IT educators in universities and technical institutions worldwide.' This has resulted in Linux playing a significant role in the recruitment and retention of IT staff and managers."

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So we be here in Nawleans

[Anonymous Coward]

And we's gots the gun FEVAH!
Gunna shoot me up some peoples
Trying to steal muh bread
Gunna shoot me up some coons
Trying to steal muh water
Gonna shoot me up some po-lice
Trying to steal muh cola
Gonna shoot me up some rescue workers
they be trying for a new woyld ordah
mebbe Trying to steal muh beer
Gotta love dese here guns
Gotta love deh Ehn Arr Ay
Gotta kill me some demy-crats
Just whatever I kill,
I gots to be killin
Gotta shoot it dead

Re:So we be here in Nawleans

[Anonymous Coward]

That would be funny if it were about niggers instead of hicks.

The niggers are the ones looting everything, including gun stores... relatively few crackers have been in that mix.