Novell Assents To "Windows Is Cheaper Than Linux"

dyous87 points out a ZDNet article reporting that Novell has endorsed a customer's comment claiming that the total cost of ownership of Linux is higher then that of Windows. Novell and Microsoft jointly issued a press release quoting an IT guy for a UK-based bank, HSBC: "Some will be surprised to learn that our Windows environment has a lower total cost of ownership than our current Linux environment." The context of the comment makes it clear that HSBC's Linux environment has a mix of distros, and that a move to centralize around one distro — Novell's — will save money. Nevertheless, Novell's connection to this assertion is not likely to improve their reputation in the open source community.

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Re:Since Novell and Microsoft said this...

[saskboy]

I didn't know Novell was behind the success that is the Iraq War. Mission Accomplished - Windows is now cheaper than free GNU/Linux.

Only true in one case.

[twitter]

From the context, Linux is only more expensive than Windoze when you have Linux and Windoze.