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The biggest difference was in security servers, where Linux systems cost $91,000 over five years and Windows systems cost $70,000, IDC said. Next came print jobs, where a Linux server cost $107,000 over five years and a Windows server cost $87,000. In file sharing, Linux cost $114,000 to Windows' $99,000. In Web site jobs, Linux was less expensive at $31,000 to Windows' $32,000.
how, exactly, does this work?? it would cost me $91,000 to run a linux server, compared to $70,000 for a windows system. do they include the cost of the windows/microsoft licenses, because you have to pay yearly for that shit. so add that to the price. i dont get it. is it because finding someone who could administer a linux system is not as easy as finding someone to administer a windows system? (because anybody can do that
)therefore making a linux admin more expensive?
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"We believe these higher costs are...related to the relative immaturity of the management tools available today for Linux systems," IDC said. Administrators, too, will become more adept. "Over time, the gap in support costs between Linux and Windows will contract."
ohh. relative immaturity of the management tools available today for Linux systems??? how would that affect the total cost of operation? from what i understand, the tools available in linux to administer a system far exceed any available to windows. and most are free.
fucking microsoft.
