[mdlug] Novell + Microsoft press release: Windows is cheaper than Linux

Brian Hurley brian at detroitindustrial.org
Fri Mar 16 14:42:17 EDT 2007


On Friday 16 March 2007 12:26 pm, Michael Corral wrote:
> 2007-03-16, Monsieur Brian Hurley a ecrit:
> > On Friday 16 March 2007 12:00 pm, Michael Corral wrote:
> >> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39286295,00.htm
> >
> > What do you think it proves?
> >
> > TCO varies by organization and depends on many factors. And yes,
> > sometimes Linux is more expensive. Have you seen what the major distros
> > charge for support? The numbers are eye-poppingly huge.
>
> Uh, TCO != cost of support from vendor

Yes, it depends on many factors. The only one mentioned in the article was the 
number of Linux distros. The headline was intended to be inflammatory, as was 
your email.

To return to your original email and my question, how does the press release 
indicate the Novell is "digging that grave deeper and deeper"?

-- 
Brian Hurley
Detroit Industrial Underground
www.detroitindustrial.org

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out 
the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.
--Frederick Douglass



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