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A new Linux/Windows TCO study
[Posted February 13, 2006 by corbet]

Levanta and OSDL have put out a press release announcing the results of
a Linux v. Windows study. Surprisingly, this one comes out in favor of
Linux. "'Get the Truth on Linux Management' concludes that in many
cases, Linux is likely to be a significantly less expensive platform to
acquire and manage than Windows. Respondents indicated that the average
resource costs (salaries, training, and support) are no longer
significantly higher than Windows and that the management of Linux is of
minimal concern when considering the overall TCO." Those wanting to skip
the release can go straight to the executive summary or the full report
[PDF].

http://lwn.net/Articles/171731/