Re: [OS:N:] Updating expensive????
Kevin Cole <[email protected]>
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| Organization | Gallaudet Research Institute |
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On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:33:40AM -0500, Omar Olivos wrote: > I've just been told that paying for RHN gets as expensive as buying > Windows and using Windows Update. > Is that true?? OPINION: Microsoft is fond of making claims regarding the high cost in personnel when talking about the total cost of Linux in general. But if we're talking about the TOTAL cost of Windows, one has to take into account unexplained crashes, the "inhale, reboot, exhale, reboot, scratch left butt cheek, reboot, blink, reboot" cycle after installing or upgrading just about anything under Windoze, the constant parade of viruses, etc. So, in terms of the cost of lost time and productivity, I'd have to say Linux comes out way cheaper, and I'd bet it remains so even with the cost of RHN figured in. -- Kevin Cole | Key ID: 0xE6F332C7 Gallaudet University | WWW: http://gri.gallaudet.edu/~kjcole/ Hall Memorial Bldg S-419 | V/TTY: (202) 651-5135 Washington, D.C. 20002-3695 | FAX: (202) 651-5746 _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>