[clug] Re: [Linux-aus] And Skynet fights back.

[James Turnbull]

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Chris Smart wrote:
| "Listen. And understand. That terminator is out there. It can't be
| bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or
| remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are
| dead."
|
|
"http://www.microsoft.com/australia/windowsserversystem/getthefacts/default.mspx"

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000415

If you read the actual case study that cites that Windows is better than
Linux you find that the problem wasn't performance, functionality or
even really economy.  It appears in a largely Microsoft shop they
couldn't find/retain staff with Linux skills to maintain their sole
Linux-based application.

It is a very slickly written piece of marketing FUD but does come across
as clearly intellectually dishonest to the astute reader.  A lot of
inappropriate connections made between disparate factoids.

Regards

James Turnbull

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(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590594444/)

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