This is so silly. Apple is NOT in the OS business. Apple does not make money selling OSX. Apple is a hardware company. The OS is gravy. The monopoly rolls on and is not threatened by OSX. The only threat there is to Windows is Linux, but there is not money to be made there.
Services is the deal. Get it!
How much does it cost to maintain Windows and Mac OS X? Since Apple has released five times as many major updates and over fifteen times as many minor updates to Mac OS X since 2000, you might not have guessed that Windows actually costs users five times as much to keep up to date!
How will software pricing affect sales of Apple’s upcoming Leopard and Microsoft’s Vista? Here’s a historical comparison of professional desktop operating systems from both, leading up to a future outlook for how Microsoft’s significantly more expensive platform will affect new computer sales in 2007.
I’ve written before about how people prefer to spend money on hardware and have expectations of getting their software for free. Apple employs this idea to entice users to buy new hardware. New Macs ship with a free copy of iLife apps, which some industry pundits have valued at $350 in comparable PC software. New Xserves include Mac OS X Server, which is $500 to $1000 as a standalone product.
However, in this article, I’ll ignore the software Apple bundles with new Macs and focus only on the actual costs related to keeping the OS up to date, both for Macs and Windows PCs. That includes retail operating system software updates and associated costs.
Source: Windows 5x More Expensive than Mac OS X
tags: Apple, Microsoft, OSX, Windows, Operating+Systems, Services
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OK. In the world we live in, there is only one company making money off operating systems. No, it isn’t Apple. There is NO future for Novell in the OS business. No matter what they do to Linux.
The future is in network services. I think it is too late for Novell to make the shift. Of course, I am an optimist, I often (not always) say it is never too late. But Novell better figure it out soon. They’ve been stumbling for 10 years.
Novell’s giant killer: Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
By Jason Norwood-Young
14 August, 2006
I’m rather impressed. Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10 is designed to do just that – impress the user from the start, with a smooth and (mostly) simple experience that will satisfy the secretary through to the MD. It does still have some areas to work on, however.
The installation is pretty straight-forward for anyone who’s done a Linux installation before. In terms of looks, it’s very professional and definitely is more reminiscent of a Novell installation than a typical Linux install. On the down-side, the install process is very long, and a little more complex than necessary. Compared to Ubuntu Dapper’s install (a comparison I’ll make often since it’s my current desktop), it’s a lot more admin.
But I can understand Novell’s thinking behind it – this is an enterprise product, so the installer is most likely going to be a member of the IT department. The best part about the install is that once the IT guy has gone through the long install once, he can create an install profile and roll it out on multiple machines. So theoretically, the pain will only happen once.
Source: Tectonic: Novell’s giant killer: Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
tags: Novell, operating+systems, services
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Zillow is an awesome site. Click on the link below, you see my neighborhood and the valuation for our condo. Yikes. This is too real. It’s a satellite photo. That’s our house!
67,000,000 locations. I am not sure which cities zillow covers. Obviously mine. Check yours.
Link to Zillow.com – Real Estate Search Results
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