Linux Isn't Just For Grownups Anymore
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| In about a year, through a public school grant program, State of
| Indiana education officials have moved at least 22,000 students
| from Windows-based desktops to Linux-based desktops. That ledM
| icrosoft to hold up a study by IDC's Government Insights unit...
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http://www.crn.com/sections/custom/custom.jhtml?articleId=196601151
Yet another IDC 'study' from Microsoft. Other recent ones in the series:
IDC report on Open Document Standards
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| This study is a fact-based analysis of the emerging open documents
| tandards, Open XML and ODF.
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http://openxmldeveloper.org/archive/2006/11/27/IDC_Open_Document_Standards.aspx
Vista launch to add 100,000 Europe IT jobs: study
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| The study, conducted by research firm IDC and commissioned by Microsoft,
| said Windows Vista will be installed on over 30 million personal computers
| in Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom within the
| first year of shipment.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060914/tc_nm/microsoft_study_dc
IDC pronounces Linux unimportant to European economy
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34542
Seems like IDC is no better than the Yankee Group (Microsoft's sockpuppet).
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