In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:59:01 +0100
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> A new Microsoft-commissioned anti-Linux study debuts
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> | Microsoft seemingly has backed off from trumpeting its "Get the
> | Facts" studies, as of late. But that doesn't mean the company has
> | ceased commissioning research outfits to perform its anti-Linux dirty
> | work.
> |
> | On September 25, Mercer Management Consulting released a new
> | Microsoft-backed study. The study is entitled "Driving Lower TCO and
> | Rapid ROI through UNIX Migrations." The synopsis: "Microsoft Windows
> | the preferred choice for UNIX migration when IT organizations migrate
> | servers as part of a focused effort to improve business processes,
> | deploy critical applications or restructure their IT architecture."
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Nice buzzwords. What do they mean?
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> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/index.php?p=12
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> So here's a wealthy company that can afford to run biased 'studies' whose
> outcomes suit its agenda. Another very recent example:
>
> IDC pronounces Linux unimportant to European economy (in
> Microsoft-commissioned study)
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> | A recent IDC white paper on the economic impact of Microsoft's super
> | soaraway new Vista operating system seems to be lacking one crucial
> | ingredient -- other operating systems.
"Soaraway"? Were the world correctly structured it
would have all of the soaring possibilities of a dead
albatross flung out of a wet paper-straw peashooter.
(In short: *SPLAT*)
As it is, we'll see how many buy it explicitly, how
many get it through special offerings from OEMs such as
Dell, and how many turn their noses up at such and buy
Linux-based machines instead.
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34542
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> Killing two bird with one stone: EU Commission and Open Source/Linux.
"FreeBDOS"? Interesting amalgamation. :-) In any event, $40B/100,000
= $400,000, which is probably about right for a service tech over the
expected lifetime of Vista -- 3 years.
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