The Microsoft fact in Illinois
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=1012
More on Illinois
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| Basically, if Illinois had stayed with Lotus or GroupWise they’d now be
| transitioning to Linux and either SmartSuite or OpenOffice; if they’d
| evaluated and selected Solaris 10 with Sun Ray desktops they could have kept
| all their Windows software except the desktop OSes and now be transitioning
| smoothly and at virtually no cost to standards-based products like
| OpenOffice, Lotus Domino, and Sun’s java desktop system.
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| Know what I think they’re doing instead? Evaluating hardware to run Vista,
| fighting a losing battle on control and security, re-inventing mainframe era
| administrative controls to keep those state agencies in line, and figuring
| out how to justify their next hundred million in hardware and software
| upgrades.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=1013
Related:
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| (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.
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| [...]
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| 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://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09695.pdf
Reviewing a Microsoft anti-Linux case study
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| The answer is that neither Linux nor Solaris nor any other Unix variant is
| mentioned in this report; Microsoft simply hung an anti-Linux label on a
| very carefully worded story about a pair of committed Microsoft partners,
| HP and Accenture, getting together with Microsoft to sell rather simple
| technology to a willing customer - whose employers, I think, should be
| seriously embarrassed.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/index.php?p=739
Microsoft's 'Get The Facts' Linux Site Replaced
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| Microsoft has decided to axe its "Get The Facts" site, instead replacing it
| with a less corrosive "Compare" page that compares Windows and Linux in a
| less confrontational way.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsofts_Get_The_Facts_Linux_Site_Replaced/1187900795#c945286
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