Re: Linux is ten times the price of Microsoft, support costs
From: Arthur M. (M._at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/17/04
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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:23:03 -0800
Why don’t you call up Redhat and try to get an enterprise support contract?
You will quickly discover they will charge over 1400 per year per system.
When you stop feeling amazed, why not hop over to your legal department and
ask them to read fine print, if you can re-distribute Redhat free patches and
associated software throughout your enterprise by signing up only one server
(after all, the GPL states that you can distribute it without cost....) when
you will get an answer from your legal department that technically you can
not do it because of the fine print on Redhat initial support contract; you
will finally come back to your mathematical senses and quit promoting the
'free' concept of Linux. But wait a minute, you are a lone user and not an
enterprise...
To get sarcastic hat off ... I'm all for mixed environment, both have their
merits and pitfalls. But lets take systems for what they are - NOT FREE.
Linux has never been free to anyone other then a lone individual that
understands how system(s) function. When you move into environment with 1000s
of servers, the perspective changes a bit
"Andrew DeFaria" wrote:
> Jeff_Relf wrote:
>
> > Linux is ten times the price of Micro-Soft.
>
> My Linux was free. MySQL was free. Perl was free. Apache was free. Hell
> the system I am running Linux on was given to me. Need I go on?
> Effectively I have a free system with free software and it does a lot
> for me. Mathematically, the only way Linux (L) could be ten times the
> price of MS (IOW: L = 10*MS) and L=$0 then MS must be $0 too! We all
> know that MS <> 0 rather MS = M$. Ergo your statement is mathematically
> false!
>
> > Just in terms of difficulty to use alone.
> >
> > Why do you have to pay for MS products ? Because the code is
> > Designed/Tested for the common man, and that costs money.
>
> IMHO, computer professionals are not the same as common men. If you wish
> to run your business on an MS OS and utilize common men to run it then
> that goes a long way to describing the state of MS only shops!
> --
> Today I dialed a wrong number....The other side said, "Hello?" and I
> said, "Hello, could I speak to Joey?" They said," Uh, I don't think
> so...He's only two months old." I said, "I'll wait..
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