Micro$oft: Winning Against Linux The Smart Way

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu (Dan Ritter)]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 09:29:08AM -0400, Matthew Gillen wrote:
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Is it just me, or is this complete gibberish:
> "Emphasize the value of the ecosystem and integrity of the platform"

Every profession has its own jargon; this is sales-speak, not
tech jargon.

A quick translation:

"Talk about the ease of administration and consistent look and
feel of Windows products. Since there's One Microsoft Way,
there's a Microsoft product for everything. And it will have a
GUI. Linux is largely configured by people typing things into
text files; that requires much more skill than answering a
simple series of questions. More skill means more money."

> And who in their right mind believes that IIS is "a more reliable and more
> secure platform for web hosting"?

Sales people working for MS VARs.

-dsr-

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