[Gllug] Microsoft Get The Facts Seminar

[Tethys]

Huw Lynes writes:

>http://www.hlynes.com/getthefacts.shtml

>From the article:

	The overall tone of this event makes it fairly clear as to Microsoft's
	anti-Linux strategy.

	1. Claim that linux isn't free.

But the fact is, Linux *isn't* free. Yes, it's free to the likes of
you or me. It's free to companies that have sufficiently clued up
technical staff. But to the vast majority of companies, it costs them
money in the form of a support contract with Red Hat or SuSE. It's
a brave company that decides to ditch Windows in favour of a Debian
or Fedora install, unless they have a reasonable amount of in house
technical expertise. And most don't...

Tet
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