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MS Won't Release Study Disputing Munich's Linux-Switch Savings

Posted by timothy on from the what-and-give-away-the-recipe dept.

itwbennett writes "As previously reported on Slashdot, in November of last year, the city of Munich reported savings of over €10 million from its switch to Linux. Microsoft subsequently commissioned a study (conducted by HP) that found that, in fact, 'Munich would have saved €43.7 million if it had stuck with Microsoft.' Now, Microsoft has said it won't release the study, saying that '[it] was commissioned by Microsoft to HP Consulting for internal purposes only.'"

2 of 268 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Linux claimed to be cheaper than Windows by heypete · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm not surprised.

    Of course, there's nothing preventing the company from using commercially-supported distributions (like Red Hat) on critical systems if they really need the support and clones (like CentOS) on other systems.

  2. well.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    they tried to advertise Windows and .NET with one of their "studies" years ago when the London Stock Exchange started using their products for it's trading system and they even made a nice video about it:

    Get the Facts: The London Stock Exchange
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwSM55bsCrM

    but it looks like it didn't turn out that well..

    London Stock Exchange to abandon failed Windows platform
    http://blogs.computerworld.com/london_stock_exchange_to_abandon_failed_windows_platform

    London Stock Exchange dumps Windows for Linux
    http://www.linuxtoday.com/high_performance/2009100702835NWDPSV

    The London Stock Exchange moves to Novell Linux
    http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/the-london-stock-exchange-moves-to-novell-linux/8285

    maybe they learned their lesson now