[luau] Linux Desktop Myths Exploded

[Warren Togami]

On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 12:32, Virgil wrote:
> Ahhh the infamous Gartner group. Aren't they the company that did a test on
> NT vs. Linux and proclaimed that Linux was the overall winner? I believe it
> was them. They also was in charge of the infamous Mac to Windows switch
> campaign which backfired on Microsoft also.
> 
> Gartner is on the Microsoft payroll.
> 
> Virgil

Umm... no.  Gartner seems to be an independent research firm.  I doubt
anyone on Microsoft's payroll would say such damaging things like this
advisory.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/21853.html
"Ditch Microsoft IIS now, says Gartner"
http://www3.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=101034
"Gartner recommends that enterprises hit by both Code Red and Nimda
immediately investigate alternatives to IIS, including moving Web
applications to Web server software from other vendors, such as iPlanet
and Apache. Although these Web servers have required some security
patches, they have much better security records than IIS and are not
under active attack by the vast number of virus and worm writers.
Gartner remains concerned that viruses and worms will continue to attack
IIS until Microsoft has released a completely rewritten, thoroughly and
publicly tested, new release of IIS."

Warren