SLED vs. OpenSUSE vs. MS

[cjcox]

On Fri, 2009-11-06 at 19:35 +0000, Joseph Marton wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:23:29 +0000, Chris Cox wrote:
>
> >> Sad when I am asked to find out license pricing for some "kiosk"
> >> things.
> >>
> >> SLED license cost for us $60/year
> >> OpenSUSE free (but we all know about support) Windows Vista Business
> >> $40/year
> >
> > $40/year for what? Could you install some server side software on your
> > Vista box and get some support from Microsoft?
>
> Notice what he said above. Some "kiosk" things. I doubt that's server
> software. Windows Desktop is precisely the version of Windows you'd use
> for this, not Windows Server.

Very true. Good point. But you know... seems like requirements
change... at least with Linux it can adapt to ever changing
requirements. Just saying...