IDC: Windows cheaper than Linux

[Adul]

http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975938.html?tag=fd_top

i am sure there isnt any bias there

 

[Nothinman]

No bias at all: Research firm IDC, in a Microsoft-funded study,

 

[Armitage]

Yea, I saw that yesterday.
Anybody know where you can find the actual study? Can't even raise the bullsh|t flag on the basis of what they have in these stories. Other then the fact that a microsoft sponsored study is favorable to microsoft.

 

[laugh]

it's like "motorola funded research: mobile phone does not affect health", "philip morris funded research: tabacoo does not hurt lungs"

 

[juiio]

It doesn't necessarily make it untrue though... (although it could be...)

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: juiio
It doesn't necessarily make it untrue though... (although it could be...)

Nope, it doesn't make it untrue, just suspicious.
Anybody coming to a conclusion on the basis of these stories alone is nuts.

 

[TheOmegaCode]

The biggest difference was in security servers, where Linux systems cost $91,000 over five years and Windows systems cost $70,000, IDC said. Next came print jobs, where a Linux server cost $107,000 over five years and a Windows server cost $87,000. In file sharing, Linux cost $114,000 to Windows' $99,000. In Web site jobs, Linux was less expensive at $31,000 to Windows' $32,000.

I really would like to see how are getting those numbers...

 

[Nothinman]

Also strangely they left out the fact that Win2K is only slated to be supported for 2-3 more years, so basing a 5 year study on it is pointless.