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A licensed copy of the most feature-packed Windows Server Datacenter edition will run you ~$6k (16 core license). Now, assume your hourly consulting rate is $2
by bob1029 2y ago
A licensed copy of the most feature-packed Windows Server Datacenter edition will run you ~$6k (16 core license).
Now, assume your hourly consulting rate is $200. You would only have to spend about 40 hours of time tinkering on linux before windows would have made more sense for the time/money equation.
Frustration is another economy that I think is even more important for getting things done. How badly do you actually want to build? Maintaining morale through the hard bits of the target problem domain is usually already a struggle. Why do you want to be fighting with boot loaders, drivers and arguments on various forums on top of all of that?
- snozolli 2y agoA licensed copy of the most feature-packed Windows Server Datacenter edition will run you ~$6k (16 core license). Kind of a weird basis for comparison when everyone seems to be talking about the desktop experience. I love Linux for servers, but not for the desktop.
- TheNewsIsHere 2y agoI agree. But to continue the point - even if I wanted to spend 40 gross hours of billable time at $200/hr for a single installation of a server OS, that doesn't necessarily mean that it's the right OS for the goal I'm trying to accomplish, no matter how bad or excellent the configuration experience happens to be. Conversations about the utility, costs, and feature sets of Windows vs. Linux. vs. macOS tend to ignore the reality that business conditions often dictate that you must use one or the other for a given use case. Sometimes you do have the option, and if you've already got an appreciable investment in one, then you tend to select for that one almost by default.