Comments on: EDGI Finale: Microsoft’s “Linux Compete Squad”

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:50:52 +0000

Little update: billv is the alias of Bill Veghte

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:20:13 +0000

I asked him about it, but he did not reply. He reads this Web site every day, so I hope he'll remark on the issue.

By: Victor Soliz

Victor Soliz — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:57:43 +0000

Truth is, most of the studies are actually right, however they are not showing the hidden costs of Linux, they are showing the hidden cost of the dependence IT grew on windows, I wonder if the next generations are going to overcome this problem, cause it is really big, we need actual competition in the OS side of things -Else everybody is screwed- and until this MS-addiction is cured that seems hard.

35.3% of Office Docs Opened in StarOffice Had Errors

Like diamonds, MS lock-in is forever.

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I wonder if MS is going to do this Open MUI stuff, it certainly aligns with all its actions that seemed to intend to make sure that ‘openish’ appears to be as good as truly open.

- Mexico- $2.5MM ¢committed, adding $25MM to MS
– Govt-financed PC purchase for home teacher use with Windows XP Home
– 250K PCs from Acer, iBM, and HP
– Govt was considering Linux and Win98 due to cost
– EDGI distributed $10/PC to be used for teacher training
– Additional purchase of $60/PC for Office, Encarta, and Encarta interactive

Wonder what Miguel de Icaza has to say about his homeland selling out to MS, I also wonder what Mexican tax payers have to say about such massive sum ‘committed’ to MS.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:19:27 +0000

Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Stay tuned as I have lots of antitrust material on IDC and Gartner.

By: saulgoode

saulgoode — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:07:02 +0000

- Show customers existing TCO and business value data for Windows XP. There is a lot of data showing good ROI when moving from Win98 to Win XP. A Gartner audited TCO study completed in the City of Vassa, Finland (home country of Linux Torvalds) showed that moving to Windows XP/Office XP would save 31% per PC, per years compared to Red Hat and Open Office. If the customer still pushes back on costs, move to next step

I like this one. Microsoft basically compares upgrading the version of an operating system to the transition of one OS to a different one. I wondered if they mentioned that if/once GNU/Linux were the original OS, "switching" to Linux would not be nearly so costly :). I also wonder if they ignored not having to upgrade hardware to the same degree if GNU/Linux were being deployed.