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The Hidden Cost of Using Microsoft Software
Glyn Moody writes "Detractors of free software like to point out it's not really 'free,' and claim that its Total Cost of Ownership is often comparable with closed-source solutions if you take everything into account. And yet, despite their enthusiasm for including all the costs, they never include a very real extra that users of Microsoft's products frequently have to pay: the cost of cleaning up malware infections. For example, the UK city of Manchester has just paid out nearly $2.5 million to clean up the Conficker worm, most of which was 'a £1.2m [$2million] bill in the IT department, including £600,000 [$1 million] getting "consultancy support" to fix the problems, which including drafting in experts from Microsoft.' To make the comparisons fair, isn't it about time these often massive costs were included in TCO calculations?"
"Oh my god, not this AGAIN!!"
Error reading device 'Signature'. (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?
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But seriously, 2 MILLION to clean up some viruses? I need to move to Manchester and become a consultant!
No comprende? Let me type that a little slower for you...
Oh yeah? What about all the time I spend clicking that little update button that keeps popping up on my Ubuntu Desktop? Huh? What about that! That takes away from my .... um, web surfing time! :P
Well, so long as netcraft confirms it...
Tbere is theory and then there is reality. How likely are you to encounter that Linux malware? Properly admined, not likely. On Windows? The odds are near 100%, no matter how effective your system administration skills are.
Nonsense, I have never once ever had a virus or trojan or anything. That's why I've never had to use an antivirus.
"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
No, it submits passively.
waitasec... #4, www.bing.com, runs on *LINUX*? Man, the kool-aid in Redmond must SUCK.
"I guess the moral of the story is, don't paint your airship with rocket fuel." -- Addison Bain
You've done your part!
Douglas Adams' bowl of petunias thought "Oh no, not again". "Oh my god" was not part of the petunias' thoughts because it's widely known that petunias are, by and large, atheists.
I have no problem with your religion until you decide it's reason to deprive others of the truth.
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waitasec... #4, www.bing.com, runs on *LINUX*? Man, the kool-aid in Redmond must SUCK.
Microsoft doesn't want bing.com to get attacked by the same malicious entities everything else they run does?
Anything can be found funny, from a certain point of view.
Careful, your Microsft uniform is showing. Ratchet back the shilling for a couple posts, then try it again more carefully. Also, "Windows anti-exploit code is insane" is not an approved meme. We don't want people thinking Windows drools on itself, now do we?
Just another "DOJ fascist authoritarian totalitarian bootlicker" -- Zeio
Sounds to me like something a shill would say!