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TheQuirk:
quote:Originally posted by www.unixsucks.com:
Though TCO is specifically have "T" in the beginning of the sentenсe which stands for "Total" (in remark to the guy who calculated TCO based on just initial purchasing price). There are some other factors involved as well.
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Microsoft finally admited Linux has a lower TCO then Windows. You belive Microsoft, right?
creedon:
quote:Originally posted by www.unixsucks.com:
Well, if my boss would tell me that he need to cut down licensing costs and have everything moved to Linux then I guess I would not have a choice. Though TCO is specifically have "T" in the beginning of the sentenсe which stands for "Total" (in remark to the guy who calculated TCO based on just initial purchasing price). There are some other factors involved as well. Just imagine no of support calls for XWindows becouse users does not know how to install application, how to mount drives, how to switch languages etc.
Untill then I'm happy with what Microsoft offers me and don't see anyhow why would I want to change, my life as admin is easier and time which I can allocate from studying how to use vi I can learn c#, so time is not vasted. And you still has not give me enough reasons why is that I need to have more then couple of tablespoons to see what UNIX is about. I did most common administration tasks in UNIX, so I know what I'm looking at if I would decide that UNIX is right for me. What is your point behind it?
P.S. On separate note to some idiot who posted that he charges a lot of his customers who has their Windows 98 installations crashed/virus infested etc. I never told that Win9X is great, in fact it sucks even more then UNIX. Win9X compared to NT is as far as DOS from UNIX. They share nothing except for familiar GUI. Microsoft NEVER NEVER promoted Win9X as business OS. And DO YOU REALLY THINK that if all Win9X base would be replace with XWindows there would be less support calls from average John Doe user?
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God, you're making sense!! Maybe we're rubbing off on you.
www.unixsucks.com:
Microsoft admitted that Linux has lower TCO then Windows?
Can you provide a link?
Here is what I found in comparing "commercial" UNIX with Windows 2000.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/migrate/unix/aberdeen.asp
dbl221:
Microsoft will continue to piss off its customer base in the years ahead. As they do this more and more organizations will turn to Linux. The driving factor will be the issue of license costs and all the headache's surrounding licensing.
I started of in Unix on AIX back in the mid 90's, as diagnostic imaging moved towards full digital. I can tell you if anyone ever suggested doing any hardcore medical imaging on a windows box they would just be laughed at. Windows is a toy. Unix is a real OS that can stand up to the REAL number crunching demanded by real applications with no margin for downtime. Adding up a few numbers on a spread-sheet is not number crunching.
I have used more OS's than you have ever heard of. and only Unix/Linux etc are viable non-mainframe, non-mini computer OS's. Windows is a TOY.
www.unixsucks.com:
Now, that a lot of information to crunch.
So you basically saying that Linux/UNIX is better becouse .... becouse it's better.
Just wondering if ecommerce application like bn.com or dell.com or allstate.com would fall under your "serious number crunching" category.
Please if you want to say something then backup it with some data.
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