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Linux Spurs MS Price Cuts

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cut-me-a-switch-boy dept.

jimb writes "Yahoo! reports: 'What's happening is that Microsoft sales reps have been instructed to be on the lookout for any businesses that are migrating some of their machines to the Lindows OS,' Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told NewsFactor. 'If [the sales reps] think there's a real threat of some pretty large numbers of defections to open source, they can request authorization from Microsoft higher-ups to offer steeply discounted pricing."' I wonder how many businesses will now start pondering aloud the possibility ... I'm sure OS X is on MS's mind as well.

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  1. more timothy brilliance by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >> I'm sure OS X is on MS's mind as well

    +5 Insightful for you!! Most corporations are overpaying for hundreds of G4 macs for each cubicle. The rounded buttons make data entry much more efficient.

    I don't think the ass-clown with 1 mac in his basement 'web-design' business gets a price cut, or even a visit from the MS reps, for that matter.

    TIM-TIM-TIMMAY!

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  2. Re:Don't waste your breath, Microsoft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I converted, in total, 120 servers over to Linux from Windows NT, saving the companies thousands and thousands of dollars in the process.

    Suuuuuure you did, karma whore. So tell us, Mr. Eric "Web-Terrorist" Krout, when are you going to show Slashdot your true colors? Haven't you got enough karma built up yet? For the uninitated, erickrout is the kid who crapflooded Kuro5hin for months on end with at least a half-dozen accounts. For a long time, he dominated the Hidden Comments page with an interminable list of racist, sexist, homophobic, and completely self-absorbed comments.

    So when are you going to ditch the "nice guy" act and reveal your true, ugly persona? Your sig still shows that there's nobody in this world that loves you quite as much as you do, but we have yet to see your vitriol. When can we expect it? You may find that Malda and company have quite a bit less patience than Rusty does.

  3. Re:Division by zero by mrselfdestrukt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Actually that sounds more like a move that MS would make. 0 devided by 0 = 0 by definition. In fact, the correct number is infinite. The closer you get to zero, the bigger the answer.

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