Novell Assents To "Windows Is Cheaper Than Linux"

dyous87 points out a ZDNet article reporting that Novell has endorsed a customer's comment claiming that the total cost of ownership of Linux is higher then that of Windows. Novell and Microsoft jointly issued a press release quoting an IT guy for a UK-based bank, HSBC: "Some will be surprised to learn that our Windows environment has a lower total cost of ownership than our current Linux environment." The context of the comment makes it clear that HSBC's Linux environment has a mix of distros, and that a move to centralize around one distro — Novell's — will save money. Nevertheless, Novell's connection to this assertion is not likely to improve their reputation in the open source community.

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Bah, call the inquisition.

[gentimjs]

They knew how to deal with traitors back in the day .... "The Pear" being a personal favourite...

Re:And not just any bank

[mike2R]

Possibly you mean "Tai Pan", since "The Noble House" is set in the 1960s IIRC.

Both are great books - in fact you've just made Amazon about £20 since I'm going to get those two and "Shogun" now that I remember them.

Anyway, I'm just curious where the relation to HSBC (or any banking) comes in. It's been years since I read James Clavell, but as I remember it Strauns (The Noble House) is a trading concern. The only banking element from the plot that I remember is an English bank collapsing and leaving one of the protagonists in a desperate situation.