Well, I suppose when you look at it from an M$ point of view. I can pay $200 for a copy of Windows and still get updates for it for the next 3-5 years. Instead with RedHat I'll have to pay $179 a year for the next 3-5 years.
I don't think you're being fair at all. The product you get for $179 a year from Red Hat (Advanced Server, IIRC) does not compete with a $200 copy of Windows XP Personal. Instead, it competes with a $1,000 copy of Windows XP Server (with 5 clients, no database, no email, no messaging...) or a $3,000 copy of Windows with a database and messaging. So break-even point is either 5.5 years, or up to 16 years depending on configuration.
Still looks waaaay cheaper to me to use Red Hat. And more robust and stable, too.
-- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
