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Study: Linux and Windows Costs Equal

Publication:BetaNewsDate:Sep 27 2006
Reporter:Scott M. Fulton, III

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Marking what could have been a summer-long hiatus in its "Get the Facts" campaign, Microsoft is re-igniting the flames on the argument over whether enterprises spend less to manage Windows systems than Linux systems.

This morning, the company touted a study it commissioned from independent analyst Mercer Management Consulting, which made the case that companies that implement migration programs away from UNIX systems based on the need to adopt new applications -- what Mercer calls "transformational migrations" -- now tend to choose Windows over Linux.


 

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If you tell a lie long enough....frogman27 Sep, 11:30
Even if this these findings are true...BuBz the Troll27 Sep, 16:47

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