__/ [ AB ] on Thursday 15 March 2007 16:05 \__
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39286295,00.htm
>
> Novell has issued a joint press release with Microsoft, in which
> HSBC, a customer of joint technology from the two companies, claims
> that Windows has a lower total cost of ownership than Linux.
>
> The press release, issued late on Wednesday, announced that UK-based
> bank HSBC has agreed to adopt technology from Novell and Microsoft's
> recently announced partnership.
>
> In the release, Matthew O'Neill, group head of distributed systems
> for HSBC Global IT operations, states that the bank's existing Linux
> environment is more expensive to maintain than its Windows
> environment. "Some will be surprised to learn that our Windows
> environment has a lower total cost of ownership than our current
> Linux environment."
>
> HSBC claims it will achieve cost savings by reducing the number of
> Linux distributions it uses and by improving the interoperability of
> its open-source operating system deployments with Windows. "Our
> decision to simplify our mixed-source environment with Microsoft and
> Novell will allow us to reduce the cost and complexity," said
> O'Neill.
>
> It has a negative effect on OpenSuse as well, rightly or wrongly. Any
> association Novell has that undermines, or appears to undermine, linux
> has the effect of screwing everything that the name touches.
>
> The open people might start looking for a new name and association if
> they want to continue.
Novell has made itself dependent on Microsoft, which is now its biggst seller
(as well as rival). So Novell must be cocky.
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