[LUAU] RadioShack loses millions of dollars and chose Windows overLinux

[Maddog]

Jut wanted to post this update to the Radio Shack debacle

http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/20/news/companies/radioshack.reut/index.htm?section=money_topstories

MD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Yap" <julian_yap at yahoo.com>
To: "LUAU" <luau at lists.hosef.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 9:32 PM
Subject: [LUAU] RadioShack loses millions of dollars and chose Windows 
overLinux


>I was checking out some articles on the web today when I noticed a
> Microsoft sponsored case study on Linux Today[1].
>
> It caught my eye because it read: RadioShack Saves Millions of Dollars
> by Choosing Windows Over Linux[2]
>
> Now, I'm of the opinion that it's not a good idea to choose such a
> locked-in vendor specific solution. It basically means you're at the
> mercy of the one company. But then again, Microsoft and RadioShack have
> been partnering up since at least November 1999[3].
>
> I also read in the newspaper today that RadioShack didn't do too well
> 4th quarter 2005 and is planning on closing between 400 to 700 of it's
> company owned stores and 2 distribution centers in the next 18 months.
> Fourth-quarter earnings fell to $49.5 million from $130.9 million a year
> ago[4].
>
> This just to hand. Any perceived savings of "millions of dollars by
> choosing Windows over Linux" have just been offset by losing millions of
> dollars in 4th quarter 2005.
>
> - Julian
>
> LINKS:
> 1.
> http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2624/588/1600/radioshack_down_drain.png
> 2.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/facts/casestudies/CaseStudy.aspx?CaseStudyID=17131
> 3. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/Nov99/RadioShackPR.mspx
> 4.
> http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060218/BUSINESS08/602180319/1079/BUSINESS
>
>
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