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Latest Ballmergram Bashes Linux TCO

Posted by michael on from the starting-to-sweat dept.

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.

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  1. Re:From Linux to Windows by Enigma_Man · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Fourth off, I hate you :)

    It's the day after the Sox won the World Series, I'm allowed to be a belligerent and wrong.

    -Jesse

    --
    Nothing says "unprofessional job" like wrinkles in your duct tape.
  2. Re:Say it enough Times, It becomes Reality? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I think the security of the Windows kernel is superior to Linux. Just look at the "security" of the Linux kernel. Users are limited to 16 groups?? Only one group can have permissions applied to a file? And no group nesting allowed?

    Yeah, there's a security system I'd be proud of.

    You can mod this comment down, but you can't propose a security system like THAT to a company interested in protecting their assets. WAKE UP SLASHDOT.

  3. Re:From Linux to Windows by Enigma_Man · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Redundant? To what?

    I might be offtopic, but... Redundant?

    -Jesse

    --
    Nothing says "unprofessional job" like wrinkles in your duct tape.