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Mindbridge Saves "Bunches of Money" In Switch To Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yet-another-success-story dept.

While Mindbridge didn't start out as an open source company, it has since managed to save what they can only describe as "bunches of money" by switching to Linux. "Today, Mindbridge has repurposed itself as an open-source-friendly company, and revamped its infrastructure to run completely on Linux and other open source software. 'Having deployed [Linux servers] to our customers, we turned around and said, we can do the same thing internally and save bunches of money. We began a systematic but slow flipping of servers from the Microsoft world over to predominantly Linux — although there are a few BSD boxes around as well,' Christian says. 'It's to the point that today I only have two production Windows servers left, out of 15 or so.'"

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  1. Headline by thebear05 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mindbridge Switches to Linux Saves Bunches of Money is it me or is this headline a wet dream for most slashdot posters ?

    1. Re:Headline by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I'm done.

      Was it good for you?

    2. Re:Headline by bulliver · · Score: 2, Funny

      This story is utterly pointless.

      You just trying to continue the theme with your post?

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      Support the mob or mysteriously disappear.
  2. Linux... by Nozsd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on your operational cost.

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    When you have finished this cup of coffee your adventure will begin again.
    1. Re:Linux... by doxology · · Score: 3, Funny

      So easy, even a caveman (read: RMS) can do it!

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      sigfault. core dumped.
    2. Re:Linux... by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 2, Funny

      Like a good server... Linux is there.

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      She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
    3. Re:Linux... by eln · · Score: 3, Funny

      There's no way RMS could convert to Linux in 15 minutes or less. Hell, he'd spend at least 15 days trying to convince people to call it GNU/Linux before he would even begin the install.

  3. what the.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Was this thing written by a 4 year old? I was expecting to see OMG PONIEZZZ!! at the end.

  4. Real company - just 15 servers? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Funny

    two production Windows servers left, out of 15 or so

    Is this "Mindbridge" a real company? I know geeks with 15 servers in their basement...
  5. Technical question by nickthecook · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are those metric bunches?

  6. Re:This story has no credibility by JoelKatz · · Score: 3, Funny

    *Absolutely* true. While that obviously justifies pointing out when Microsoft's case studies are erroneous, self-serving, or both, it doesn't justify other people using the same tactics.

    Not that I'm saying this article is as bad as most of those articles. It's not. No specifics is a lot better than completely false and misleading specifics pulled out of your corporate ass or intentionally deceptive test methodologies you pick but then get a "neutral third-party" to perform so they will "fairly and without bias" find that your product is best.

    Microsoft: We didn't do these tests, Braincraft did. They found that our products were better.

    Us: Did you pay them?

    Microsoft: Well, yeah.

    Us: Did you tell them what tests to perform and exactly how to perform?

    Microsoft: Well, yeah.

    Us: And did you already do those tests and carefully select the ones that make your product look the best without any regard for what thoses tests have to do with reality?

    Microsoft: Well, that's all the time we have.

  7. Re:I, for one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I, for one, have never heard of greenguy.