SearchWindowsManageability.com: Linux-Windows TCO Contest 'A Wash' for Now

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"The total-cost-of-ownership contest between the Linux and Windows operating systems is too close to call for now, according to IT pros on the show floor at this week's LinuxWorld Conference and Expo.

"In interviews this week, several conferees weighed in on the Linux-Windows TCO debate and an upcoming Microsoft-commissioned study of the costs associated with ownership of the two different operating systems.

"'The main difficulty is training the staff,' said Fred Vassard, a senior lab assistant at Devry University in Newark, Calif., where they run Red Hat Linux, Windows NT and Windows 2000. 'With Windows it's not as difficult because people are more familiar with it...'"

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