Q: Why is Linux more expensive than Windows?

Article title: Explain why Linux is more expensive than Windows. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

Yesterday, a netizen asked me an inexplicable question: "Why is Linux more expensive than Windows ". I replied, "Yes, you are right. Linux is indeed more expensive than Windows ". He asked me: "Today is a traditional Mid-Autumn Festival day. you are excited. Linux is free of charge. some people say it is more expensive than Windows, I just want to ask why you have said this ". I told him that I had to think about this layer. you have listened to the reason first.

In fact, the Linux CD we purchased from the market is more expensive than Windows, because not many people will use genuine, so its pricing ranges from 1 yuan to 10 yuan of well-packaged, since it is impossible for someone in Linux to make a flip version, there are usually box packaging, and this cost cannot be only two or three yuan, although now there is a DVD, however, since there are not many users on the market, the people who sell CDs may not know that there are still Linux operating systems, so they seldom use Linux DVDs, most of the CDS circulating on the market are packed or several discs, which cannot be bought for three yuan at all. for example, three CDs of Redhat9.0 must be at least eight yuan, and Windows is the cheapest about one yuan. Linux is more expensive than Windows.

If you download the two files online, you don't have to spend any money. if you use a Linux disk, it is either equal to the cost of Windows or more expensive than it, because some Linux systems contain multiple ISO files, such as the red flag Linux6.0.

From the reality, Linux is more expensive than Windows, but someone wants to interview you. you should say that Linux is much cheaper than Windows.