TCO Revisited

Here are two more articles looking at the Microsoft funded study by IDC which says Windows 2000 has a lower Total Cost of Ownership than Linux.

ZDNet: " Certainly there are configuration issues, but having worked with both Linux and Windows, my experience over the last two years has clearly shown that Linux takes longer to configure and troubleshoot than Windows. Many of you will quickly counter that Linux servers, once they're configured, generally require significantly less troubleshooting than Windows machines. True. In fact, very true, provided you're running standard Linux installations--but who does that? The whole attraction of Linux is that we can modify its source to suit our needs."

eWeek: "But this study is full of questionable assumptions. For example, it's based on a five-year technical lifetime, rather than the more common three years -- spreading upfront costs over a longer period."

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