[Thelug] Ωραίο άρθρο - Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth

[Kostas Boukouvalas]

"Fact is, even when the support is online, Windows costs money to
support. It costs money to create patches and updates, money for
servers to push those patches out. It’s money that has to be spent,
because without it Microsoft clients get infected with malware and
become useless.

By contrast Linux is modular. A Linux client, whether a netbook or an
Android phone, needs to run only those modules necessary to the
function it is performing at that moment. Over time open source is
just cheaper to support. And by linking clients to the cloud you
centralize that support load, even monetize it."

http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4604