Microsoft's Platform Strategist Speaks On Linux

prostoalex writes "Martin Taylor, general manager for platform strategies at Microsoft, was interviewed by CRN magazine on Linux, open source development, and Microsoft's official stand on it."

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wtf?

[highwaytohell]

"We position Windows server as a multifunction server that does a variety of things. So in some ways, we've got a McDonald's No. 5 super-size offering that costs $2.99 and someone just wants a Diet Coke that costs 99 cents"
Has martin lost his mind. Sure i would liken Microsoft to McDonald, in that they dupe their customers in feeling that food (Windows) is healthy (secure), but do they honestly think they offer more to a server platform than Linux does. No, it ends up costing you more, support, additional software etc. I can get my BSD boxes to do all that a doze box can and it costs me hardly anything bar hardware changes. There are three admins that maintain it as it is up 24/7 and all are experienced professionals, we dont need no team of MS monkeys to tell us, "well we will help you, but your gonna be charged". The only thing we require is to be paid and to not have to deal with the dramas that come from the myriad of problems ive faced with Windows machines