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Windows isn't free, so if you need to spin up 10 new servers to meet demand, you can't just DO it. You have to pay Microsoft for the licenses first. It means th
by NateDad 14y ago
Windows isn't free, so if you need to spin up 10 new servers to meet demand, you can't just DO it. You have to pay Microsoft for the licenses first. It means that all your test and dev servers need non-free licenses.... it's a non-free hassle.
Honestly, admin on Linux is not that hard, and server most tools out there were designed for linux first, and Windows instructions are often of poor quality or lacking entirely.
- nkohari 14y agoThat's not really true -- in practice, most companies have a volume license for production machines, and a single MSDN subscription includes as many licenses for development and test as you want. I'm not advocating that anyone use Windows, just saying that in practice licensure isn't as hard of an operational problem as it might seem. The price still hurts, though.