Posted by: David Cooper
on January 04, 2003 01:02 AM
1) You don't fix security just by throwing money around. Neither you nor I have any idea *what* Microsoft is spending all those hundreds of millions of bucks on, exactly. You fix security it by creating a culture of quality management. How much evidence is there that Microsoft is doing this? Around about approximately sod all.
2) Linux (and other UNIX variants) is easier to administer than Windows. This is because you don't need a GUI to run it and you can automate things much more easily. Hence you save money on labour (less sysadmins).
3) Linux runs on much older, and often much less, hardware. Hence you save money on hardware upgrades and extraneous peripherals.
4) Most distributions can be downloaded free-of-charge, and those which cannot are still a hell of a lot cheaper than Windows. Hence you save money on licencing.
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What silliness
Posted by: David Cooper on January 04, 2003 01:02 AM2) Linux (and other UNIX variants) is easier to administer than Windows. This is because you don't need a GUI to run it and you can automate things much more easily. Hence you save money on labour (less sysadmins).
3) Linux runs on much older, and often much less, hardware. Hence you save money on hardware upgrades and extraneous peripherals.
4) Most distributions can be downloaded free-of-charge, and those which cannot are still a hell of a lot cheaper than Windows. Hence you save money on licencing.
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