Windows cheaper than Linux - 2 times?

Parking. :).


When it comes to hosting, the cost of licensing Windows Server on lease (from $ 10/protsessor/mesyats, no need to buy, just rent) becomes less important than other components of the host - the cost of hardware, electricity, salaries, administrators, m. e. those things that come in Total Cost of Ownership - TCO.
It's like this, as if cars were distributed free of charge, but that's petrol and MOT - for money. And if under the hood. 8 liters. TCO is to takogog car can be quite significantly different from those on the Daewoo Matiz.

Some time ago, proposals for shared- hosting and web hosting VPS / VDS (Virtual Private Server / Virtual Dedicated Server) on Linux and Windows and costs equaled.
Now - even cheaper.
In the popular question about the speed - in this CMS delivered ready to use Bitrix, which is faster than a similar Linux VDS.


By the way, according to some partners, the ability to load the Windows shared hosting B1. 2.5 times higher than that of Linux / FreeBSD, t. e. on a PC with similar hardware to cram in a. 2.5 times the ' normal site '.