Novell Doubts Microsoft Latest "Linux Facts"

Robert writes "Microsoft Corp's "Get the Facts" campaign comparing Windows with Linux continues to prove controversial, with Novell Inc describing the latest set of facts offered up by Microsoft as "misdirection." The latest report offered up by Microsoft as evidence that Windows is a better bet than Linux is a white paper from Security Innovation Inc that compares maintenance, patch application, and system failures related to a migration from Windows Server 2000 to 2003, and Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 to SLES 9. The report found that there were more system failures experienced by Linux systems administrators, and that more patches needed to be applied to the Linux systems, while more time was required to complete the Linux migration."

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.exe files

[jlebrech]

microsoft has better .exe files that linux.

Statistics are fun.

[SlashAmpersand]

In a non-blinded, non-randomized, anecdotal study, one user (who is a certified Microsoft Shill) found that installing Windows XP Home Edition on a non-networked computer was easier than installing Fedora Core 4 and setting it up as a server using Samba and configuring it to act as a firewall. "We found that in 100% of the cases, Microsoft products came out ahead. Looking at our experience here, why would somebody want to use anything else?" Wow. I think I'm going to go wipe my server and jump right on the Microsoft bandwagon!

Re:Statistics are fun.

[psbrogna]

Actual details of the study indicate that buying a retail PC with Windows on it is easier than buying a PC, uninstalling Windows & installing Linux. While not conclusively established, it was also noted that non-networked Windows PC represent an approximate equivalent security risk to a networked Linux box.