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   Can you be specific instead of hot air and hand waving?

   It's well known that Linux has less functionality.  If you want to =
roll your own it can cost less for Linux, assuming your time is worth =
nothing.  If you want to use a supported version, like from RedHat, =
expect to spend much more for your annual subscription.  They will sell =
you a subscription to red hat linux advanced server for $1499 per year.  =
If you want their supported enterprise level web server you are going to =
pay another $395 to $895 annually.  That's more than four to six times =
more expensive than the Windows Server 2003 solution.

Rich

  "Robert Comer"  wrote in message =
news:3e67b7d1{at}w3.nls.net...
  Less functionality, higher cost. Ease of use is a draw, but it would =
have to be even cheaper just for a web server.

  - Bob Comer


    "Rich"  wrote in message news:3e67b63f{at}w3.nls.net...
       By what criteria and how so?

    Rich

      "Robert Comer"  wrote in message =
news:3e67ae88$1{at}w3.nls.net...
      That's not good enough to compete with Linux.

      - Bob Comer


      "Geo."  wrote in message =
news:3e67a4e1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
      > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/29567.html
      >
      > There will be no price increases (as such) when Microsoft ships =
its next
      > server OS, Windows Server 2003, on April 24th, but there will be =
a new
      > budget-priced version of the product aimed squarely at the web =
server
      > market. Server 2003 Web Edition comes without client access =
licences, with
      a
      > 2gig limit on memory, 2-way SMP, and is $399.
      >
      >


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  "Robert Comer" <bobcomer{at}mindspring.com>">mailto:bobcomer{at}mindspring.com">bobcomer{at}mindspring.com>
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  Less functionality, higher
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    "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:3e67b63f{at}w3.nls.net...
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