Linux wins on the server in many cases because it's TCO is cheaper (security, reliability, hardware requirements, etc) and because it is also open source. Similar props to the BSDs.
On the desktop, it's more of a toss up -- you have to decide what the total cost is to you, not just the sticker price. If you've got a good set of Linux skills, they probably transfer to the different distros, so the choice of distro should be less important.
I'll echo Dave Watts and others comments though -- if you're running a production server, you should typically be running a supported commercial server OS, whether that's Windows Server, Solaris, RedHat Enterprise, SuSe Server, etc.
Regards,
John Paul Ashenfelter
CTO/Transitionpoint
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----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Miller
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: Novell to acquire SUSE
Yes, I didn't see the other articles that explained what was happening
with the Workstation line. I just assumed that they would keep the
workstation version active - apparently they are, but it now costs
$179+.
What's with all these expensive Linux distros now? Go look at prices for
a workstation version of SUSE or Mandrake or RedHat ... didn't they used
to say what MS charged was ridiculous? Now they're right alongside MS
price-wise. Even though RedHat adds support it's pretty limited, it's a
few months of installation support at best unless you want to break
$1000.
Guess it's time to check out some of the other distributions ... I've
heard good things about Slackware and I guess Debian is still free.
On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 04:51, Thomas Chiverton wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 Nov 2003 18:15 pm, Joshua Miller wrote:
> > But if you go to the store RedHat costs what, like $30-$40? Granted
> the
> > Enterprise Version is expensive, but you can still buy the boxed
> version
> > of RedHat Linux which I'm sure will be as reliable as ever.
>
> Not after April.
>
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