[luau] M$ thinking tux??

[Dean Fujioka]

Beeson Benjamin Lt Col 715 AMOG/DO wrote:

> Aloha,
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>     I saw this today on CNN. I'm not sure it's good news yet....
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> http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/biztech/12/10/meta.linux.reut/index.html

"The IDC study shows that the upfront cost is a small part of the total 
cost to the customer," said Microsoft's Houston.

"META Group's report also came to the same conclusion, saying that 
Linux's total costs of ownership were likely to be higher for mainstream 
server applications."

"IT organizations must evaluate platform costs from a 
total-cost-of-ownership perspective," META Group's report said.

This looks like bad news to me. It seems to be MicrobeSloth's new policy 
to purport lower TCO as /the/ benefit to their software, while 
excluding, IMHO, many of the costs of microsoft software, especially 
maintenance and the salaries of the great number of techs needed for 
constant printer / file sharing / server maintenance, let alone virus 
recovery, etc. etc.

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> VR,
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> Ben Beeson
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dean