At least here in the States, there is no Windows XP Server. You must mean Windows .NET Server or possibly the beta release of Windows Server 2003. But Windows XP itself does not have a Server version. Perhaps Europe does. The Softies market differently there. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 21:37, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 07:01 PM 4/8/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >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 > >
