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Weblog:   Mac vs. PC, a small cost comparison experiment
Subject:   Hidden Costs of Windows
Date:   2004-05-17 15:21:38
From:   e-twelve
I just got out of an all-day security meeting with PriceWaterhouseCooper auditors concerning security -
They quoted the cost of patch-management for Windows systems as being $250 US per workstation per patch.
I found this hard to believe, but if it is even reasonably true by a lesser order of magnitude, I wouldn't take too long for the ongoing cost of supporting the Windows platform to pass the "sweet spot" of being "inexpensive".
Unconfirmed, but I know from experience that supporting the Windows platform these days is causing a lot of large corporations to examine closely what they have really bought into.