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Ballmer: Microsoft Will Meet Threats of Google, Linux - Over Time
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Not Hard, Impossible
and of course, the "response team" that prepares the statements for Gates Et Al conveniently forget to mention the lock-in costs of upgrades and support services. I have yet to read a "TCO" report by MS or their paid independent sources that takes this into consideration. For those businesses who are considering the cost of upgrade to Vista, not only will the software costs be ever-present...the hardware upgrades are gonna be a killer.
These things are conspicuiously missing from the TCO reports I have read. Again, MS assumes their customer base is either stupid or blindly faithful. Those who at one time DID exhibit said traits, are quickly learning a lesson. Pain is a good teacher.
These things are conspicuiously missing from the TCO reports I have read. Again, MS assumes their customer base is either stupid or blindly faithful. Those who at one time DID exhibit said traits, are quickly learning a lesson. Pain is a good teacher.
To be honest, they should also factor in the cost of purchasing all manner of anti-virus, firewall, anti-malware, and third-party system maintenance programs. All of these carry the same per-client/per-user/per-concurrent user/per-user-thinking-about-it licensing silliness.
And also the true costs of infection, including collateral damage. Including all the wasted bandwidth and extra securitymthat other people have to pay for, and abuse desks, etc etc etc ad nauseum
The real summary is "you can't afford Windows unless you're a billionaire like billg"
And also the true costs of infection, including collateral damage. Including all the wasted bandwidth and extra securitymthat other people have to pay for, and abuse desks, etc etc etc ad nauseum
The real summary is "you can't afford Windows unless you're a billionaire like billg"
NO ONE is "a billionaire like billg"... For a lot of reasons, none of them good.
Choice of words...
Tenacious:
1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain
what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just
rights.
[1913 Webster]
5. Closefisted; miserly. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn. [1913 Webster]
And to add to that they announce their intention to out-innovate OSS.
Only three words apply here...
IN YOUR DREAMS
5. Closefisted; miserly. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn. [1913 Webster]
And to add to that they announce their intention to out-innovate OSS.
Only three words apply here...
IN YOUR DREAMS
LOL... Now we are a 'threat!'. Real Progress :D
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For Microsoft beating Linux on TCO won't be hard, it will be impossible.