OSDL CEO: Microsoft Has to Accept Linux

PenguinCandidate writes "The OSDL's Stuart Cohen has been in the news lately following a clandestine meeting with Microsoft about a dubiously independent TCO study; a study that has since been rejected by the OSDL. The idea of an independent Windows/Linux TCO comparison may be dead, but did Cohen have an additional card up his sleeve? In this interview, Cohen states that while he "awaits the reply from MS's Martin Taylor on the results of his internal investigation" into how an off-the-record meeting became public, he will continue to promote his belief that MS will eventually have to accept Linux as customer demand increases."

Comments

Re:tco and the customer

[eneville]

Very true words. Except the Windows jockey probably doesnt know the difference between automatic and manual and probably wont know what a service is till they use something Unix-like.

It's also a matter of what oil you use. If you don't use performance oil then your engine is just being suffocated.

Linux is still a specialised topic, therefore the cost of employment is higher, so I guess it all has a knock on effect and the two products cost about the time. The only difference being that Windows boxes need more attention, and higher licence fees. Everything else is more or less the same.

Re:but when?

[Foofoobar]

LOL. Who'd want to put a piece of crap onto a thrown of gold? :)