Hi I again heard the claim that a certain Enterprise Linux is way too expensive compared to WS2003 and hence a certain company moved from EL back to W2003 (dont ask me names)
So my question is this: Superficially EL does seem to be more expensive (eg: roughly S$10000 x3 for RHEL 3year) vs one time W2003 (say S$1400). But many people do not consider the hidden costs of a windows server - - antivirus + perf degradation - CALs - per call support charges - more sysadmins are needed - Anything extra costs money (eg: decent backups, network installations, OS imaging) - How does discounts affect the costs? - Guest VM count - W2003 comes with absolutely no other app, EL comes with OOffice, Dev env, databases, complete web stack etc etc - Does MS directly offer 24x7 , at what price? How much is the cost of a per server license when volumes are considered? A google search turns up vendor marketing fluff (esp. MS) which I do not trust. So, my question is this: Have you been in a situation where you can choose either , and did a thorough comparison? Any insights to share? Or have you seen a non-partisan comparison anywhere? Regards Anand
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