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Latest Ballmergram Bashes Linux TCO
Phoe6 writes "Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has used the software giant's latest executive email to stoke up Microsoft's fight against the rise of Linux. The 2,600 word missive was titled 'Customer focus: comparing Windows with Linux and UNIX'. In it, Ballmer repeated the key themes of Microsoft's controversial Get The Facts campaign. Zdnet has its report here." Linuxworld also has a story.
I don't. It'd be much more expensive IMO to convert from Linux to Windows. First off, you gotta buy it. Second off, you'd have to hire all new IT staff, because the previous guys would've committed hari-kari in the bathroom. Second, you'd have to figure out how to get all of your applications running again in an environment that is as stable as a drunkard on a fence.
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Who here also thinks it'd be just as expensive to convert from Linux to Windows?
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As a completely unrelated aside, my mp3 player chose this moment to start playing "Everything You Know Is Wrong" by Chumbawamba, which has, as part of the bridge, the title and some guy saying "Misinformation!" in the background. I find this highly appropriate.
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Getting Linux TCO news from Ballmer is about as reliable as getting news about Iraq from Dick Cheney.
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