Windows
costs less than Linux. A bit. Sometimes – MS study:
“However, erm, correct us if we’re wrong but we were
under the impression that obstinate corporate customers who hung
onto their Windows servers for a whole five years without upgrading
were more or less open source loving commies in the eyes of
Redmond. We haven’t as yet seen the full study, but suspect
software upgrade costs, and the associated cost of new hardware
during the period, may not have been entirely factored in to the
Windows 2000 server tab. Linux can have similar upgrade cycles if
you want it to, but there is really no similar hardware upgrade
imperative if you do decide to move up a version.”