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Computerworld Australia: Linux, Windows Run Equal on Hosting Costs

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 9, 2004

[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]

“There’s little TCO difference between Linux and Windows,
according to a hosting giant but its customers’ preferences fall in
favour of Windows.

“OzHosting.com open said the open source operating system
results in ‘insignificant’ cost reductions in a hosting environment
and most of its customers prefer to host their sites on
Windows.

“OzHosting.com’s CIO Adam Keher said the acquisition cost of
Linux is actually higher than that of Windows…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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