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

[Mathew Enders]

On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 13:42 -0500, Brian Hurley wrote:
> 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"?
> 

Buy completly alienating the open source community.  If you do not see
it then you are blind or a shill.