[svlug] Windows cost of ownership.

[M Wendall]

Now that I've read both articles and many of the responses, it seems 
that one tremendous expense in Windoze has been overlooked: the cost and 
time involved in resolving "issues" such as worms and viruses, and all 
the other stuff we read about every day. And then, what does a 
professional package of RedHat or SuSE cost? You get just about 
everything any office employee would ever need from databases to image 
enhancers. Even better games than they put into Windoze. Updates of the 
Windoze system alone cost more than the newest version of Linux one 
chooses, and then you don't have to pay again and again for the 
applications. Linux is less expensive, and anyone who can learn to deal 
with Windoze can easily learn Linux (especially the installation!). It 
may take a little longer, but it can be done.
Margaret Wendall


Paul Zander wrote:

>Here we go again.
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>More "paid studies" that claim that Windoz to be cheaper.  :-(
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>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1817&e=2&u=/nf/20030910/bs_nf/22254&sid=96120760
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>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1817&e=1&u=/pcworld/20030910/tc_pcworld/112409&sid=96120756
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