Bridging the Linux Gap for Windows Admins
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| "A lot of enterprises have moved to Linux because they're moving off Unix and
| they find Linux lets them maintain their skills but move to lower-cost
| hardware -- x86 boxes instead of Sun or HP Unix boxes," said open source
| expert Bernard Golden, CEO of Navica. "HP's philosophy is, 'if you're going
| to move off Unix boxes, why don't you stay in the family and move to an HP
| Linux box?'"
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http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/62027.html?welcome=1205030100
Days ago:
Ballmer's Remarks Inspire A TCO Trip Down Memory Lane
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| The email surfaced in early 2007, while Microsoft was embroiled in an Iowa
| class-action lawsuit over alleged monopoly-pricing practices. (The company
| settled the lawsuit in February, 2007 for $179 million.) According to the
| email -- part of a slew of subpoenaed documents Microsoft would have
| preferred to keep to itself -- at least one company official argued that it
| would be "easier" not to own up to sponsoring the IDC study.
| ^^^^^^^^^
| The Microsoft exec, Kevin Johnson, now the head of Microsoft's Windows
| product team, wrote that he was concerned about competitors turning
| Microsoft's sponsorship of the study to their own advantage. Oddly enough,
| however, Johnson focused on the fact that the IDC study picked Windows as the
| ^^^^^^^^^
| TCO champ in only four out of five outlined business scenarios.
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http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2008/03/ballmers_remark.html
Linux clocks double-digit growth. Fear and loathing in Redmond
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| IDC is reporting that Windows server growth hit 6.9 percent in Q4 2007,
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| bringing it to 36.6 percent market share. Linux trounced Windows' growth at
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| 11.6 percent to hit 12.7 percent market share. Microsoft owns the market, but
| Linux owns the future.
|
| Therein lies the rub of the tale behind much of Microsoft's fear and loathing
| of open source.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9886843-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
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