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Fud from the microsoft trollsFud from the microsoft trollsPosted Nov 16, 2003 21:00 UTC (Sun) by einstein (subscriber, #2052)In reply to: Please stop this bogus math by walterbyrd Parent article: Review: SuSE Linux 9 (NewsForge) XP raises the cost of a new computer about $100 and that's it. Actually it raises it quite a bit more once you take into account the higher cost of ownership over time, with either the lost productivity due to viruses, or the cost of keeping your peecee antivirus software up to date, take your pick - you will pay, one way or the other. Most windoze users also need an office suite, and ms office is supposedly the only one they find acceptable, so there goes another several hundred bucks. Of course, the major cost of using ms windows is that, well, I'd be stuck using ms windows :( Most people keep the same OS for over three years. That means that XP costs you less than $35 a year. Lots of linux users spend more than that. Lots of linux users spend $0 keeping their systems up to date, while some spend more - that's the thing about linux, you can spend as much or as little as you want,depending on what you like. Those who spend more for linux, e.g. the city of Muenchen, prove that the appeal of linux is NOT about price, but about far more important features - the price of a linux distro, which is normally quite reasonable, is just one minor perk in the big picture.
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