Can we trust Yankee?
April 8th, 2005Study shows Microsoft, Linux costs neck-and-neck | Tech News on ZDNet
Umm, right. Of course it is…
Well, that is supposedly just on maintenance costs, which, yes, MIGHT be similar for Windows and Linux (more on this later). But, what about total ownership costs? All the licensing costs of Windows is just outrageous. And, for Linux, it is free.
Well, considering the chances of Windows crashing/having problems, maintenance might also be quite high. From my point of view, an office running Linux will have less problems overall than one running on Windows.
Toward the end of the article, there is this little section:
>On a scale of 1 to 10, companies rated Microsoft’s security at 7.6, double the rating in a similar survey conducted last year. Linux’s rating was mostly the same at 8.3
Above meaning company **heads** said this, the people that don’t do the administration of the systems. When you don’t do it, you simply cannot appreciate the difficulties in doing the stuff.
Oh and also this:
>DiDio said that Microsoft’s shift to a monthly security update cycle and increased efforts to combat security issues were the main drivers behind its new ratings.
Yeah, well, does that change the fact that Microsoft has decided to ignore and not patch several severe security holes?
IMO, the whole survey was designed for Microsoft, so that they would maybe buy the survey and use it to market their products.
But, we all know the truth. People don’t use Windows because of choice, but because they either have no choice or have no clue.