Murphy’s law, or why WinTel wins
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| The bottom line is you’re paying roughly a 50% tax (you spend 64% of what you
| would otherwise) running WinTel.
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| So why do companies still buy Windows? For the same reason their fathers and
| grandfathers bought IBM. Because everyone else does.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2089
Costs: Wintel vs. open source
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| So why does Wintel continue? because of mistaken beliefs - including most
| importantly the belief that other people believe in it - and that’s bad for
| you, bad for the economy, and bad for your employer. Why? because when people
| base IT decisions on delusions they forgo the opportunity to generate
| competitive advantage from IT, and foreclose the option of spending an
| available open source dividend on more productive activities.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=1084
Related (Old):
Can Intel Face The Competition?
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| Intel (INTC) is facing strong competition from Advanced Micro Devices,
| which has led INTC to slash prices. For INTC, this pricing war resulted in
| lower revenue on higher unit sales.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070116/24244_id.html?.v=1
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