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Microsoft Funded Study Cinches 10yr Deal

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the breaking-the-jaded dept.

Genevish writes "According to an article in the Register, Microsoft and the Newham Council in London have signed an agreement making Microsoft the preferred vendor for the council, instead of the original hybrid MS / Open Source plan. The council was very careful in choosing Microsoft, having an independent study done and all. The only problem is that the study was, you guessed it, not independent at all but funded by Microsoft. Their decision even had the journalists at the press conference laughing."

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  1. Re:Competitive Pressure by spectecjr · · Score: 1, Troll

    Even when open source is not chosen, it's having an effect. This article clearly shows how open source is lowering costs for customers, and driving Microsoft to make important improvements.
    Poor Microsoft. They've never really been exposed to competitve pressures before.

    Yes they have. Plenty of times. Lotus, Corel, IBM, you name it.

    What they haven't had to deal with before is people giving away their work for free. It's hard to compete with free - that's why there are laws against product dumping.

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  2. Re:Taxpayer Dollars by lorcha · · Score: 0, Troll
    If I were a British taxpayer
    you wouldn't be paying taxes in dollars.
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