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Comment on So this is what intelligent pragmatism looks like… by willyburger

willyburger — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:02:57 +0000

Still got your head in the sand on this one? Getting itchy? :^)

Comment on Microsoft admits: it costs less to run Linux by Links 15/07/2009: GNU/Linux Servers Top Survey, Linux Boots in 1 Second | Boycott Novell

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:38:21 +0000

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Comment on Microsoft admits: it costs less to run Linux by Billy (seeds) 's status on Wednesday, 15-Jul-09 17:34:23 UTC - Identi.ca

Billy (seeds) 's status on Wednesday, 15-Jul-09 17:34:23 UTC - Identi.ca — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:34:27 +0000

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Comment on Microsoft admits: it costs less to run Linux by ar-lock

ar-lock — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:59:40 +0000

disclaimer i’m a *nix fan boy and have used ec2 extensively

How do these machines really compare? the 10c/h amazon machine has 1.7g or ram and a really slow processor.

also if you buy a year of service off Amazon its more like 4c an hour.

What does M$’s offering boast?

This comparison has holes.

As an aside giant companies can afford to lose money on new products for years, inorder to strangle out the competition, hard to draw any conclusions really.

Of course I know the ms is garbage beside *nix, but hey that’s beside the point.

Comment on Microsoft admits: it costs less to run Linux by Adesuyan Bobby (bigbrovar) 's status on Wednesday, 15-Jul-09 16:55:13 UTC - Identi.ca

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:55:17 +0000

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Comment on Microsoft admits: it costs less to run Linux by Alex Harrington (alexharrington) 's status on Wednesday, 15-Jul-09 16:46:31 UTC - Identi.ca

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:46:34 +0000

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Comment on Microsoft admits: it costs less to run Linux by Popa Adrian Marius (mariuz) 's status on Wednesday, 15-Jul-09 16:42:40 UTC - Identi.ca

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:42:45 +0000

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Comment on Microsoft admits: it costs less to run Linux by wekempf

wekempf — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:33:10 +0000

The price must cover the costs, of course, but just because two products have different prices does not mean the two products have different costs. You can’t draw any conclusions based on the price here.

Lies, damn lies, and statistics indeed.

Comment on Microsoft admits: it costs less to run Linux by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:39:09 +0000

“Microsoft clocks in at 12 cents per cpu/hr [...] Amazon Web Services [...] is able charge $0.10 per cpu/hr [...] which, besides being 20% cheaper”

Should be: MS is 20% more expensive than AWS OR AWS is ~17% cheaper than MS

Comment on Microsoft admits: it costs less to run Linux by raf

raf — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:51:51 +0000

Max, I understand your comparison but my point has less to do with Windows versus Linux but more with “which IT shop is cheaper to run” think of that cpu/hr mark as an efficiency metric of how cheap they can do business and still turn a profit. I’m not making any claims about the capabilities of the different OSs