Patching Windows cheaper than patching Linux?
A Microsoft-sponsored study finds that patch management of Windows clients and servers can cost less than that of comparable open-source systems.
A research study comparing patch management in Microsoft Windows client and server operating systems with open-source software systems alleges that the costs of patching vulnerabilities is roughly the same for each.
The document states that the results go against a common perception in the IT community that total costs of ownership for open source, which include patching, are lower than for Windows.
The study was sponsored by Microsoft and audited by the research firm Meta Group Inc., and was conducted by consulting firm Wipro Technologies Ltd.
Released last week, the survey examined 90 companies on the subject of procedures and costs for security patch management on both Windows and Linux systems.
