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>Last I heard, Ubuntu was free to install Ubuntu is free to install only because your free time has no monetary value. For organizations whose time has monetar
by quanticle 13y ago
>Last I heard, Ubuntu was free to install
Ubuntu is free to install only because your free time has no monetary value. For organizations whose time has monetary value, the cost of an OS license is swamped by the cost of the time it takes to rewrite applications, retrain users, roll out the upgrade, and fix the inevitable breakages.
And like I said above, these costs are present whether you're using Linux or Windows.
- afarrell 13y agoAlso, if you are the type of person who hangs around on HN, you are more likely to be the type of person with friends who run linux or who is comfortable working through software configuration problems by googling for things and trying thinks from internet forums. Most people don't have that privilege, and so linux is actually pretty expensive for them in terms of time and frustration. (I run ubuntu with xmonad but have never written my own packages)