SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
Cost-effective Operating System
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Tired of paying high prices for Windows? Then switch to a Linux desktop. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop® costs roughly 90 percent less than Windows and Office, making this Linux desktop more than pay for itself. Change the way you think about your desktop platform and lower your costs today.
Cost comparison to Windows and Office
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 is the leading Windows alternative—it costs just US$501. This is significantly cheaper than Windows Vista Business which retails for $299 and Windows Vista Ultimate with retails for $3192. Clearly, you can use the savings you get from SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on more strategic and value-added projects for your business.
When you consider the cost of adding Microsoft Office, the savings are even more dramatic. For example, Microsoft Office is an incremental cost on Windows. However, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop comes with OpenOffice.org Novell Edition—at no additional cost. OpenOffice.org Novell Edition is a full office productivity suite that comes with word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database applications. It has all the leading features of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and is compatible with Microsoft Office file formats.
As shown below, the typical street price of Vista and Office 2007 based on a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement contract is $333 per seat per year (includes license plus Microsoft software assurance costs). That translates to nearly $1,000 per seat per year over a three-year period. On the other hand, the three-year cost for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is $135. That means you save nearly 90 percent when choosing SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop over Vista and Office. In addition, buying Microsoft Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 is not the end of the story. You may also have have to buy new hardware to run some of Windows Vista's features such as Aero Glass. And if you have not upgraded your hardware in the past year, you may need to buy new hardware just to run Windows Vista, even without Aero Glass3.
