An article that cites a study by the Yankee Group is reporting that there is no significant cost difference between a server running Windows and one running Linux. This is actually what I have suspected all along. There are some cases where it is cheaper to run a Windows server (especially true in small businesses where the IT staff may be limited or overworked) and sometimes is cheaper to run a Linux server (especially in large hosting situations where you need tens, if not hundreds, of machines).
I have long held that with most software development moving to web-based technologies that this would become more true. I have yet had a client say, "Well, we don't want you to develop that app for us because you use ColdFusion or ASP.Net. We want our application written in PHP." They don't care. They care only about the cost of the service, the cost of the hosting, and the time frame to get it done. Because I am practiced at certain languages, I can develop faster in those languages and give them a quality product at a cheaper price. The technology used is irrelevant to the client, it is the functionality they pay for.
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