Red Hat undercuts Microsoft on high-performance OS pricing
Red Hat Thursday released a Linux software stack for compute-intensive IT environments that it said costs less than Microsoft's price for its comparable Windows offering.
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Red Hat is not cheaper
Nice try taking Microsofts list price of $450. Microsoft products are always cheaper when bought with an agreement. Its no differnt than when you buy in bulk at the warehouse store. More you buy the cheaper the unit cost.Don't Try
To reason with the open source cult. Their minds are made up and facts only confuse them.