Comments on: IDC: Windows cheaper than Linux

Research firm IDC, in a Microsoft-funded study, finds that Linux is more expensive to administer than Windows--but the cost gap may shrink as Linux becomes more widespread.

[BobSongs]

Fascinating. So, let's work out the math here (since it's all about Microsoft-funded mathematics that makes GNU/Linux appear to be more expensive).

"Microsoft acknowledges its own prices have been an issue in cash-strapped countries such as Namibia." Mhmm. So, what's used in "cash-strapped countries such as Nambia"? Would that happen to be ... GNU/Linux?

I recall a news report I heard on the radio a few years back. It was just a short blurb that was probably ignored by most listeners. The report said: "It was discovered that a report a few years earlier that proved plastic kitchen cutting boards were anti-biotic and microbiologically safe was funded by plastic companies. In fact, it appears the exact opposite is true. Plastic cutting boards are inert and have little effect on microbes. Hard wood, on the other hand, is a natural anti-biotic, killing microbes almost on contact."

Beware reports paid for by McDonald's that their food is the most nutritious, paid for by Dell that its computers are superior, and paid for by Microsoft that its software is less expensive to run.

[szilagyic]

Again, another fabricated report funded by Microsoft. Let's see some real numbers by independent third parties that aren't being paid to do the research. If you simply browse Google on reports like this, you will quickly find that almost all reports that support Microsoft are funded BY Microsoft! Independent reports show Linux as the clear advantage. Like myself, who am a business owner. My business went live in 2001, and I have used Linux in it 100%, no Windows. I know for a fact that I wouldn't be in business today if I would have used Windows due to all of the software upgrade costs along the way. I recently migrated to Linux at home as well, and it's the best move I've ever made.

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[szilagyic]

Again, another fabricated report funded by Microsoft. Let's see some real numbers by independent third parties that aren't being paid to do the research. If you simply browse Google on reports like this, you will quickly find that almost all reports that support Microsoft are funded BY Microsoft! Independent reports show Linux as the clear advantage. Like myself, who am a business owner. My business went live in 2001, and I have used Linux in it 100%, no Windows. I know for a fact that I wouldn't be in business today if I would have used Windows due to all of the software upgrade costs along the way. I recently migrated to Linux at home as well, and it's the best move I've ever made.

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