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[News] Linux FUD Voiced on BBC

Microsoft: Open source 'not reliable or dependable'

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| The software giant characterises open source as mainly of interest to
| local community projects, without the benefits of a commercial model
| 
| A senior Microsoft executive told a BBC World documentary that people
| should use commercial software if they're looking for stability.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39270042,00.htm

Stability?!?!?! Of all arguments available, one primary weakness is described
as a strength.

Case study: Maybe they should explain why the IT folks over he have been
running for the past week trying to fix the Exchange server. This has gone
on for _several_ months <
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/01/09/exchange-servers-failure/
>. In fact, the mail server will down all day today, until 5PM. "Due to
maintenance", they say.

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