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It's a bit outdated, but I just came across this.
http://www.microsoft.com/NTServer/nts/news/msnw/LinuxMyths.asp
Any comments?
jeroen@jota.nl http://www.jota.nl
sorry for the additional >>'s but I lost the start of this thread ... However, much of that info IIRC came from an interview w/ a Japanese reporter for a Tech Paper in Japan... THe Reporter was asking how M$ was going to compete when so many Japanese companies were going over to Linux.. AND especially Linux servers ( which was where M$ has been making inroads into the Business community there ) The M$ answer in part was quated here , especially teh business about the "old" technology , it's built on and it just ins't a "modern" operating system and will not in anyway be able to keep up w/ the things a windows user can do ( like reboot constantly ??? ) THere was alos a paragraph which had me roflmao when I first read it, about how Linux "costs waaay too much and is "uneconommical" for businesses to use !!! ( The reporter asked how anything that was basically free could cost to much , and the answer was the usual M$ jumble of non facts topped off by, "since it isn't safe or econmical to use ( Ie you can't run windwos apps on it ) It costs too much , even if it's free ! hahahahaha In that case if M$ stuff were free , it would cost too much?? I can't run (most) linux apps on it , and it often doesn't even run windows apps either ( depends on the apps being "optimised for the XX version of windows. , or NT or ??? Moon and sunsigns perhaps ?? All of htis is just the usual M$ FUD , perhaps there are more worries than we thought. Not to mention maybe Bill neds ot be less bombastic, probably his outburst were what brought on the little rumble they had up there last week .... j afterthought--- Give me ambiguity or give me something else.