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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. Using Perl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    And the new DVD::Price::Discriminate modules

  2. Linux Costs $54 Million? by mikeporter · · Score: 0, Troll

    Whoa!

  3. Re:quote of the day. by cavemanf16 · · Score: 3, Troll
    With Linux, customers "end up being in the operating systems business," managing software updates and security patches while making sure the multitude of software packages don't conflict with each other," Miller said. "That's the job of a software vendor like Microsoft."

    You beat me to the punch :)

    That's the best quote I've seen yet from MicroCrap! Haha! What are they thinking? The reason RedHat and others exist isn't to make money off of providing the software, it's to make money off of companies who are willing to hand off the support and service of the OS to RedHat and others. They're just pissed because mainstream online outlets keep releasing more news stories about how businesses, especially bigger and bigger ones, are jumping on the Linux bandwagon. Small business is what WinXP is supposed to be targeting I thought, but obviously Linux is starting to cut into their stranglehold on the corporate market, big and small.

    If MS can just keep up that kind of ridiculous rhetoric, Linux converts will have nothing to worry about. People will flock to Linux when they hear like this kind of news about how much Linux is saving companies versus the old MicroCrap Windows OS'. Besides, it's the intial press release reaction to money savings that investors will remember, not the 'long term affects'. MS knows it, and tries to disperse FUD during each new pro-Linux article so that people don't forget that Microsoft exists and is there to tell them "Where do you want to go today?!"