LXer: Compete Solely on Price, No Thanks.

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01-25-2008, 06:20 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,374 Rep:	LXer: Compete Solely on Price, No Thanks. Published at LXer: A while ago Roy Russo had made a comment to the effect: "OSS needs to stop competing on price". Regardless what you read about him on the Interweb, I say, he's a smart guy! ;-) I've never really looked at the price of Windows vs. RHEL or Ubuntu. The simple answer is that CentOS/Fedora (near RHEL replacements) and Ubuntu are free without commercial support, so end of discussion. But, if you want commercial support and consider a typical Windows replacement cycle (~5 years), it seems that Windows is actually cheaper than purchasing RHEL+support or support for Ubuntu. Read More...

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