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"There are about 60,000 viruses known for Windows, 40 or so for the Macintosh, about 5 for commercial Unix versions, and perhaps 40 for Linux. Most of the Windows viruses are not important, but many hundreds have caused widespread damage. Two or three of the Macintosh viruses were widespread enough to be of importance. None of the Unix or Linux viruses became widespread - most were confined to the laboratory." See for yourself how many Windows viruses are reported each month on the WildList.

Cost Comparison	openSUSE Linux	MS Windows	Difference
System	openSUSE Linux	Windows Vista Ultimate	+ $880
Office Suite	OpenOffice, KOffice	MS Office Ultimate	+ $1,320
Image Processing	GIMP	Adobe Photoshop	+ $1,330
Desktop Publishing	Scribus	Adobe Pagemaker	+ $820
3D Graphics	Blender	Adobe Acrobat 3D	+ $1,440
Software Development	KDevelop, Netbeans, Mono	MS Visual Studio	+ $2,500
Web Development	Bluefish, Quanta, F4L	Macromdia FreeHand	+ $580
File and Web Server	Samba, NFS, Apache	MS Windows Server 2003 Standard	+ $1,600
Database Server	MySQL, PostgreSQL	MS SQL Server 2005 Standard	+ $8,000
Accounting	Gnucash	Quicken Home and Business	+ $490
DVD Burning	K3B	Nero CD Author	+ $160
Firewall	Suse Firewall	Norton Internet Security	+ $70
Anti-virus	NOT required	Norton Antivirus	+ $70
Project and Schedule	Mr Project	MS Project	+ $920
CAD	qCAD	AutoCAD 2007	+ $2200
Archiving	Ark	WinZIP	+ $80
Total	FREE	$22,460	> $20,000