__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Monday 05 February 2007 16:32 \__
> "Competing with Linux once filled Microsoft partners with dread, but now
> many are taking on the open source operating system with growing
> self-confidence -- and success. Here are the tactics for winning the fight"
>
> 'Marshall argued, going with Microsoft would require an $800,000 outlay all
> told,'
>
> "but in order to rebuild all of the things that SharePoint provides, it was
> going to be $1.1 million" if the customer chose Linux.
>
> "So there was a $300,000 difference, despite the fact that Linux is free,"
>
> "In general, what we've seen is that the growth of Linux has been pretty
> much at the expense of Unix systems, as opposed to people using it to
> replace Microsoft-based operating systems,"
>
> 'When you factor in "the costs associated with hiring Linux people,
> expenses related to support and troubleshooting, and the fees for training
> to keep your IT people current, [Linux] becomes an expensive proposition,"'
> Greg Henson, the Henson Group
>
> "One of the things you buy in a Microsoft solution is product integration
> all the way up and down the suite."
>
> '"If you start reading all the news on Linux versus Microsoft, the trend
> seems to be that Microsoft is doing better than most flavors of Linux"on
> security'
>
> 'Raising the caution flag: .. "with a Windows-based solution, I know what
> my tool set looks like. With a Linux tool set, there are some dark areas
> out there."'
>
> 'it's much harder to hire staffers who really know Linux. Finally, because
> open source software is readily customized, there's no guarantee that even
> a specialist fully understands a particular company's exact flavor of
> Linux'
>
> 'Playing the R&D card: .. "Microsoft invests north of $6 billion a year on
> R&D. There is nobody in the Linux world"'
>
> "When the playing field is level, Windows outperforms Linux every time."
>
> http://mcpmag.com/features/article.asp?EditorialsID=539
Shows you the sorts of junk that shills are being fed, doesn't it?
Let's look at what the so-called 'hobbyist O/S' is doing to Windows.
,----[ Quotes with annotation ]
| "(Microsoft manager:) I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on TCO on webservers. I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on availability (windows was down more than linux). And I don't like the
| fact that the reports says nothing new is coming with windows .net server."
|
| [...]
|
| "I don't like it to be public on the doc that we sponsored it because I
| don't think the outcome is as favorable as we had hoped. I just don't like
| competitors using it as ammo against us. It is easier if it doesn't mention
| that we sponsored it."
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http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09695.pdf
Oh no! That can't be!! The R&D budgets. The security. What happened to
Microsoft's facts all of a sudden? And why do they flip them over and
publish lies instead?
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~~ Best wishes
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