One of the most cited myths is "Linux is cheaper than Unix". More than one customer told me, that Solaris is to expensive. Okay, if you don´t believe me, Ben Rookwood of
cuddletech posted a
comparision in his weblog:
RHEL 4 ES, "Standard" 2 Socket Annual Contract: $799
9-5 M-F Phone Support
2 Day SLA on Web Requests
4 Hour Phone SLA
Web Support, Updates, etc.
Solaris 10 "Standard" 2 Socket Annual Service Plan: $480
9-5 M-F Phone Support
4 Hour Phone SLA
Web Support, Updates, etc.
Solaris 10 "Premium" 2 Socket Annual Service Plan: $720
24/7 Phone Support
Live Phone Transfers on SEV1, No Callbacks.
Plus all the Standard stuff...
You pay more to get less ... well ... what a good deal.
Comments
Tue, 02.12.2008 15:18
Na ja, ganz so drastisch würde ich das nicht formulieren, NA T hat auch seine guten Seiten. Mir fallen nur gerade k [...]
Tue, 02.12.2008 09:40
Hehe, funny link. My blog is a n ESTP, so it almost matches m y personal ENFP type. I really would like to know how [...]
Tue, 02.12.2008 07:41
It uses OpenSource components ... Fishworks isn´t the Filer product. Fishworks is a softwa re to build appliances. [...]
Tue, 02.12.2008 07:36
Ich werde da auf jeden Fall no ch mal weiter genau weiterlese n. Achja und AAJ42 ist in der tat hochinteressant ....
Tue, 02.12.2008 07:32
Hm. Bummer! I was very interes ted in the DTrace monitoring t hing, but I'm working on it by myself.