Enterprise Networking Planet: What Does Free Software Really Cost?

“You’ve probably seen the many articles infesting computing
publications that blather on about comparing TCO (Total Cost of
Ownership) and ROI (Return on Investment) for Linux and Windows,
and trying to figure out which one costs less to run. I’m no
analyst, nor am I a Fellow at some Institute, nor am I a pundit who
is paid to pontificate. I’m just an old country system and network
administrator who has been running mixed Linux and Windows networks
for lo these many years, and since everything works OK and my
customers keep sending me checks that don’t bounce, I figure I’m
entitled to a punditry or two of my own. The bottom line is Linux
costs way less to run and works better. That’s why I prefer
it…”

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