To me it looks like it's only about British ppl. They are known for their stubborness when it comes to switching with everything. I'm going to kiss the pope's butt when the British choose to dump their Pound for the Euro.
Then there is this biased info talking about the limitations of Linux but i read (even i being a person not knowing everything about Linux in general) things that made MR. Steel pretty unwell informed.
Like Linux would not run on tablet PC's, i dunno if this is really true, but i know you can still run a pretty good Linux kernel from a Floppy disc, so it for sure would be able to run on a PDA.
Then there is this kind of talk i read everywhere:
"How could "free" Linux cost more than Windows? First of all, Red Hat (nasdaq: RHAT - news - people ), the leading Linux distributor, now charges $799 to $2,499 for each server running Linux. That's not for the software, mind you, but for "maintenance." Semantics aside, you're paying for Linux.
Add in the cost of retraining users and IT staff, rewriting applications to run on Linux, and the cost of paying separately for programs like application servers, Web servers and directories (which come bundled with Windows). You also may need to pay consultants to stitch the pieces together, and you might need to buy insurance to protect you against lawsuits over intellectual property rights. (One outfit hawks such policies for $150,000 year.)"
They do not mention wether the maintanance costs are on monthly or yearly basis, if one hires a good educated IT staff and invest in doing the training (once, not annual) it will not cost any more than what servers running Microsoft's software costs.
I know that server maintainance involves mostly no more than only a bit of software patching but generally server maintanance is about keeping hardware in shape or upgrade whenever performance induces and about software maintanance, i also know most company IT staff (server administrators) can do a pretty well job on maintaining the software themselves.
Besides most of the software written for Linux is not being made on a personal basis for one company, but mostly general software is available which is updated on any regular basis as other software is being updated for Windows.
Though Microsoft's claim may count for some companies that only do outsourcing investment, but for the general business-market: it's just a bunch of crap IMHO.
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