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Amazon: Linux Saved Us Millions

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-isn't-that-special dept.

Ian_Bailey writes: "ZDNet news presents another chapter in the Windows vs. Linux debate. Amazon.com claims that by switching to Linux, they were able to "cut technology expenses by about 25 percent, from $71 million to $54 million."" Lots of little bits in there. Nothing really new, but it's still nice.

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  1. Linux winning over Win2k on the money angle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    Microsoft must position the MSFT stock as a growth stock. This means revenue growth of 10% per year. As revenues grow and the market beomces saturated, this beomces increasingly difficult to do and requires more draconian licensing and steeper fees.

    It was predicatable that sooner or later, without opening new and potentially large markets, Microsoft would have to gouge existing customers.

    The only thing that can bring Win2k and other enterprise software costs back in check would be a huge influx of revenues from XBox, MSN, and .Net services, three of the key new revenue initiatives at Microsoft.