Win2K servers cheaper to run than Linux :-)

ReK2WiLdS cfernandez at voicesignal.com
Tue Dec 3 12:35:55 EST 2002


they are at war with Gnu/Linux and of course like in any war they use
propaganda. so why you guys are so surprised...
microsoft+money+massmedia+propaganda+dumbusers_that_belive===they_got_what_they_want.
they don't care if is true or not. as long they can base it on
something. we should know this by now after so many years of microsoft
using the media and events to raise their flags, I still remember the
windows95 world campaign.! OMG I really almost kick my TV. J/k.

ReK2
Metrowestboston LUG
http://www.linuxbusca.com



On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 11:16, John Whitfield wrote:
> > Surprise news from a study sponsored by 
> > Microsoft ...
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28408.html
> 
> Unfortunately the Register tends to shoot too much from the hip, as shown by their use of the phrase "We haven't as yet seen the full study..."
> 
> They're probably right and the study is probably flawed and biased, but we need to see the whole thing before we know where the bias is.  But I'm sure Microsoft funds a lot of these studies.  (Remember the "NT is faster than Linux" fiction a while back?)  I'm sure most of them come up with the "wrong" answer and are never made public.  It's interesting how small of an advantage Microsoft is claiming here.
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