This article is one of those classic Microsoft FUD campaign. Pathetic... :)
>WHILE Philippine enterprises are well aware of the cost benefits of Linux, an open source >operating system, only a few Philippine enterprises have adopted it, a report from the >International Data Corp. (IDC) said. They say these preceding statements... >Unison was former business partner of HP and has been doing business with Microsoft >Philippines. Lately, though, the company has seen increased business from Linux >consulting services due to emerging local enterprise interest. >Ruel Agustin, McDonalds Philippines information technology manager, added that Linux >has indeed made in-roads in the server market. And pathetically state these harsh realities, that is, harsh reality for Microsoft to admit. >"A lot of enterprises are not openly declaring that they're using Linux. This is also evident >outside of the country. There are numerous reasons but one of them is that open source >is not seen as an asset value so it is not openly declared," Manuel said. Any company who gains financial and IT infrastructure using Linux would keep it a trade secret. Usage of GNU/Linux and other free, opensource software is an advantage. No company is insane enough to expose these. :) >Nonetheless, IDC sees the local market this way in the next few years: " Windows will >continue to dominate the operating system landscape through 2009 with regard to the >installed-base and software revenue. Likewise, in a country dominated by small and >medium enterprises with limited IT budgets, and with IT spending focused primarily on >hardware spending, the impetus for an alternative operating system is likely not a priority. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we've all read and heard those lies, lies, lies over and over ad nauseam. Pathetic!!! :) -- Tito Mari Francis H. Escaño Computer Engineer and GNU/Linux Proponent _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
