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What will a 25 user Unix systems with the same nodes and clustering features cost as compared to Wintel?
12. Linux Grows Up: Red Hat's commercial Linux beats NT at its own game
(Source: Maggie Biggs, Computer Currents Interactive, Dec. 9, 1997)
Linux's charms are many. It's free, fast, stable, and flexible,
supports more platforms than NT, and can be run on far more modest
server hardware. The downsides are that most Linux implementations lack essentials, like Web and email servers, and you typically get little or no tech support (although any administrator can install these things, typically for 0 added cost).
But those days may be over, as my look at the near-release version of
Red Hat Linux 5.0 shows. I recently set up two simple 10-user test
intranets for a fictional insurance company. One was built with Red Hat Linux 5.0 and the other was set up with Windows NT Server 4.0. With Red Hat, not only did I get the base OS, but also a Web server, email server, database program, and more. The total cost was $49.95. The cost of a similar NT setup is over $4,600 (see below the table "Red Hat Linux Versus NT"). Now you can see why Linux is making strong inroads in the corporate world.
Red Hat Linux Versus NT
Red Hat Linux isn't just cheap--you get a number of
bundled services compared to NT.
Feature Red Hat Linux 5.0 WinNT 4.0 Server
Base operating system * *
Web server * *
Email * Extra
Development tools * Extra
Database * Extra
Total Cost $49.95 $4,636
* = item included
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