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:The Inquirer: The Devastating Case for Windows Against Linux...
The Inquirer: The Devastating Case for Windows Against Linux...
Jul 13, 2004, 01 :00 UTC (32 Talkback[s]) (9523 reads)

(Other stories by Charlie Demerjian)

[ Thanks to rjw for this link. ]

"Microsoft has commissioned studies left and right to counter Linux's perceived cost advantages... These studies have been universally decried among Linux enthusiasts, and every flaw has been pointed out in one way or another. Rather than completely debunking the flaws, most of the critics simply point out that there is still a lot of work to do on the Linux front.

"While no one ever said Linux was 'done,' one of the main studies promoted by MS, a CxO level look at Linux TCO here is of interest. While the authors begrudgingly admit in the third paragraph that Linux has some advantages against Windows, they go on to pretty well debunk any Linux advantage if the big picture is taken into acount..."

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flamebait...What's worse, this guy m ...   Laura dIDIOT has an alias   
stan
Jul 13, 2004, 01:19:03
 
> flamebait...> What's worse, this g ...   Re: Laura dIDIOT has an alias   
David Horkoff
Jul 13, 2004, 01:45:14
 
> flamebait...> What's worse, this g ...   Re: Laura dIDIOT has an alias   
who
Jul 13, 2004, 01:50:40
 
A lot of what he says is true.  If we we ...   Not the whole story   
DelphiDude
Jul 13, 2004, 02:03:27
 
These are the same tired arguments that  ...   Tired arguments   
Gene
Jul 13, 2004, 02:25:52
 
It's worth reading right to the end, ...   Read the WHOLE article before commenting   
Simon
Jul 13, 2004, 02:31:18
 
Sorry boys, but any time Laura d.'s  ...   RE: RE: Laura dIDIOT   
Gary Stewart
Jul 13, 2004, 02:53:21
 
All I can say is that my Linux Total Cos ...   Lies, lies, lies   
Ian MacGregor
Jul 13, 2004, 03:05:25
 
I thought the author did a great job of  ...   Right on the real point...   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jul 13, 2004, 03:49:35
 
the title of this article resembled  exa ...   cheap people   
anonymous
Jul 13, 2004, 04:19:18
 
as a matter of fact, boeing (which used  ...   Re: Not the whole story   
anonymous
Jul 13, 2004, 04:24:43
 
I've had to use Windows on a large p ...   the case for UNIX (and Linux) against Windows   
Passacaglia
Jul 13, 2004, 06:39:35
 
Here's a scenario where Linux would  ...   The church scenario   
NeoSadist
Jul 13, 2004, 07:47:26
 
Spoonfeeding M$ their own FUD.  I love t ...   Brilliant article!   
me
Jul 13, 2004, 07:58:36
 
Thankyou for such a well written and tem ...   Re: Not the whole story   
senkwe
Jul 13, 2004, 09:58:55
 
Microsoft paid studies have in the past  ...   Truth and Fiction   
Smithy
Jul 13, 2004, 11:16:28
 
In the short term, Windows will simply c ...   Get the Facts   
horne
Jul 13, 2004, 12:57:39
 
> > flamebait...> > What's worse, th ...   Re: Re: Laura dIDIOT has an alias   
stan
Jul 13, 2004, 13:04:41
 
Hello,The REAL WORLD linux security adva ...   the REAL WORLD security Linux advantage   
Andre Felipe Machado
Jul 13, 2004, 13:24:43
 
Ummm...  It's called Satire folks.   ...   Read the Article Before Commenting...   
Nicholas Donovan
Jul 13, 2004, 13:41:07
 
All MS Window-using companies must be fu ...   Good admins?   
Fred
Jul 13, 2004, 13:45:21
 
The only way Microsoft can make Longhorn ...   Longhorn and Linux 2.6   
Bob Robertson
Jul 13, 2004, 14:48:14
 
Very few people are trained on the next  ...   Re: Get the Facts   
Bob Robertson
Jul 13, 2004, 15:31:57
 
I also think that the article is on targ ...   Re: Right on the real point...   
Bob Lewis
Jul 13, 2004, 16:19:16
 
in any other discipline, there are tools ...   Re: the case for UNIX (and Linux) against Windows   
Carlos Cesar
Jul 13, 2004, 17:22:25
 
In my younger years I thought I would be ...   smart propaganda   
paai
Jul 13, 2004, 19:27:52
 
C'mon guys, read the whole thing, it ...   This article is actually PRO-LINUX!! IT IS SATTIRE   
Marius
Jul 13, 2004, 19:40:50
 
(Note: I wrote the first part with the s ...   Some of those arguments worked better for Longhorn   
Richard Corfield
Jul 13, 2004, 20:35:24
 
I am the guy who wrote the article linke ...   From the articles author   
Charlie Demerjian
Jul 13, 2004, 23:06:42
 
I really liked your article.  You very k ...   To the article author   
me
Jul 14, 2004, 00:57:32
 
>If Linux users could only police themse ...   Re: From the articles author   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jul 14, 2004, 01:08:16
 
Inpired byhttp://www.theinquirer.net/?ar ...   Spoonfeeding M$ their own FUD   
Hans Christian Studt
Jul 14, 2004, 20:36:02
 
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