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Unilever Ditches Global IT Linux Migration

Posted by samzenpus on from the free-as-in-not-using-it dept.

GP writes "One to stir the open source debate. The CIO of global consumer goods giant Unilever says in this interview with silicon.com that the company has ditched plans to migrate its enterprise IT platform to Linux running on Itanium. He reckons hidden support costs and security issues have emerged over the past two years with open source and that proprietary vendors have also raised their game in response to the 'threat'."

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  1. Reckons... by sH4RD · · Score: 0, Troll

    He reckons

    Well gee, I sure hope he did more research than that!

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  2. Raised their game? by Kiaser+Zohsay · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Raised their game" = "massive discounts", the standard MS tactic in this situation.

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  3. I hope MS goes broke undercutting OS deals by gelfling · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because that's what's going on. Big company threatens to jettison MS. MS steps in and offers a deep discount. Company goes out and tells all his friends. They all do the same thing. Pretty soon the corner drug dealer has to cut prices.

    I hope that MS has to cut its prices 50% in the near future. BTW I am an MS stockholder.

  4. Should've Used FreeBSD by TeachingMachines · · Score: 0, Troll


    Linux is a pain in the ass, plain and simple. I used Debian for years before I said FORGET IT. Updates to packages would turn something off in what seemed a totally random way (i.e., networking) and without developer docs readily accessible, there was no recourse.
    FreeBSD has it's own handbook, a calm development group, and an escape from "37337" developers without engineering standards.

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