Linux Vs Microsoft Windows Comparison

Windows Platform Solution
For our Windows platform solution, we have selected the following operating systems,
backoffice technologies and office productivity tools.
Product Price (USD) Supplier Comments

Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition $37.90
Symantec Price is per license when ordered in quantities of 100 to 250.
Windows Server 2003 $3,999.00
Microsoft 32bit Enterprise, includes 25 CALs
Microsoft Internet Information Server (web server)
Free Microsoft Bundled with Windows 2003 Server.
Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 $19,999.00/CPU Microsoft Price is for enterprise edition.
Requires Microsoft SQL.
Microsoft ISA 2004 $1,499.00/CPU Microsoft Standard edition.
Enterprise edition not yet available.

Microsoft SQL Server $19,999.00/CPU Microsoft Retail price for Enterprise version.
Despite the price, this is actually cheaper than a server and CAL based solution.

Microsoft Exchange 2003 $3,999.00 plus $67.00/CAL
Microsoft Requires Windows 2003 Server.

Enterprise edition. Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003 $2,499.00

Microsoft Enterprise Architect version. Windows XP Professional $299.00 (per user) Microsoft
Microsoft Office Standard $399.00




Linux Platform Standard Solution
For our standard Linux platform solution, we have selected the following open source
backoffice technologies and office productivity tools.
Product Price (USD) Comments Linux boxed sets (options)
Linux distributions suitable for being servers and workstations.
Only one copy needed. Where possible prices have been obtained from the distributor.
Alternatively, you can download many of these for free from the Internet.

Debian 3.0 (stable) $16.99 18
Fedora Core 2 $15.99 19
Mandrake 10.0 Bundle $84.90
Slackware 10.0 $39.95
SuSE 9.1 Professional $89.95
Apache (web server) Included with Linux distributions or free download. An efficient and extensible web
server used on more than 67% of the Internet.20
Squid (proxy server) Included with Linux distributions or free download.
MySQL or PostgreSQL Included with Linux distributions or free download.
IPTables (firewall) IPTables included with Linux distributions or free download.
State and packet based filtering.
PF provides greater functionality (including traffic shaping).
Sendmail or Postfix (mail server)
Included with Linux distributions or free download.
KDevelop (IDE) Included with Linux distributions or free download.
GIMP (graphics) Included with Linux distributions or free download.
OpenOffice (productivitysuite)
Included with Linux distributions or free download.
Standard file formats include Star, Open & Microsoft Office files, plus can generate PDF files.
OSCommerce (ecommercesystem)
Available from: http://oscommerce.com