Getting the Real Facts: How Industry Analyst Reports Can Trick Readers
Microsoft's "Get the Facts" advertising campaign makes the claim that Windows offers a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) than Linux, and backs it up with reports from well-known industry analyst firms. But Linux advocates claim that the TCO of Linux is lower, and some other studies back them up. How can you separate the fact from the fiction?
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Getting the Real Facts: How Industry Analyst Reports Can Trick Readers
Microsoft's "Get the Facts" advertising campaign makes the claim that Windows offers a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) than Linux, and backs it up with reports from well-known industry analyst firms. But Linux advocates claim that the TCO of Linux is lower, and some other studies back them up. How can you separate the fact from the fiction?
This is based on my book, The Practical Manager's Guide to Open Source: http://windows-linux.com/practicalOpenSource, which analyzes several of the studies in detail.