[Lula] Microsoft anti-Linux message to its partners

[matti]

Hi!

about 2 yrs ago at a Gartner ITexpo conference,
of 10 technologies which corps will adopt and
that admins need to learn - one was linux.

MS was NOT on the list.


iirc - of the 10 items, 3-4 were open source
related .. 

of course, this was servers... not desktop.

this was also one of the BIG main session,
not just a sidenote session.

at a number of venture cap conferences I have
been to, Open Source has been explicitely listed
as ONE of the possible key strategies for a
VC backed company to use.

I never imagined hearing this 5 years ago.

seriously, a lot has changed, and MS knows
that, thus it's FUD/arguements has dramatically 
changed to ROI/TCO terms.

MS does indeed have a number of really good
unix talent on their staff.. I have meet
a number of them.. it's a part of their
strategy to move people away from unix/solaris
to MS windows servers.

best
matti


--- Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:

> Here's what Microsoft is sending out to its ISV partners about Linux:
> 
> --- snip ---
> Partner Insight: A Financial Institution Sees No ROI on Desktop Linux
> Gartner Reports <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5079489>
> Annual maintenance costs for desktop Linux, IP risks, and
> compatibility issues with open-source office products persuaded the
> institution to upgrade to Windows XP and Office 2003 instead of
> moving
> to Linux/OSO. Read the entire report.
> <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5079504>
> 
> 
> Competitive Selling Series, 3 of 3: Understanding Novell Customers
> and
> Their Needs <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5079490>
> Use this guide to effectively discuss issues and answer questions
> that
> concern Novell environment organizations in order to interest them in
> migrating to a Microsoft Windows environment. Read the guide.
> <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5079505>
> 
> --- snip ---
> 
> I wonder if anyone's put together a rebuttal...
> - Dan
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