This section sums up the study... "Based on the study findings, the primary sources of Microsofts cost advantages are: 1. The J2EE application server and Unix-based database software used in the Linux development and deployment stack drive up product costs and development complexity relative to the comparable Microsoft products. 2. Microsofts tools simplify development of applications like those profiled in the study when compared to the J2EE/Linux products in the study. This simplification translates into lower labor costs for development."
I can't argue with either...there is no rdbms that can compete with SQL Server on ease of use. If you are on Linux, and want a real database, you need Oracle...and it costs a lot more than SQL Server. There are probably 10 or 20 really excellent Windows only IDE's that are better than any on the *nix platform. The section where they add up medium size business costs is a bit off though if you ask me... "Development tools: $15,000 . Using a combination of open source .free. tools and .not free. tools such as Cold Fusion, PVCS and BEA dev2dev Subscription Platform Edition at an annual cost of $3,000 per developer for a total of $6,000 in year zero and $3,000 in years one through three." They used the most pricey combination they could find here. If price is the primary deciding factor there is no reason to add CF to that mix if J2EE & BEA are requirements. If either of those are not requirements...one can mix and match CF and J2EE servers to fit the pricerange. This makes the rest of the study suspect to me...obviously they went into this with some kind of bias. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 2:26:49 PM, you wrote: LCL> New study conducted by Forrester Research's Giga Information Group unit and LCL> commissioned LCL> and paid for by Microsoft has found that Microsoft offers a cost advantage LCL> over J2EE/Linux as LCL> a development platform for certain portal-type applications. LCL> http://eletters.eweek.com/zd/cts?d=79-194-2-3-162196-25189-1 LCL> Tell us another one M$. With only a sample size of 12 (7 windows firms and LCL> 5 companies using linux) this study is so flawed that it really is meaningless. LCL> larry LCL> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
