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Reuters: Study Shows Microsoft, Linux Neck-And-Neck
Apr 4, 2005, 20 :30 UTC (26 Talkback[s]) (9459 reads)

(Other stories by Reed Stevenson)

"Most U.S. businesses say there is very little difference between the cost of maintaining a Windows versus a Linux-based corporate computing environment, according to a new Yankee Group study released on Monday.

"The main cost difference, said Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio, is determined by the amount of time it takes to develop applications or ensure the security of servers, the networked computers that store data, crunch numbers and serve up Web pages..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
First the bad news:  Yankee group and La ...   good news/ bad news   
john
Apr 4, 2005, 20:41:17
 
Ms. Didio, (a business and French major  ...   Oh my gosh, now a TCO study by Ms. Dildo   
SM
Apr 4, 2005, 20:49:37
 
 At my work, everybody hates wnidos xp,  ...   Three Weeks to Install xnidoze xp on a PC   
I-Write-FUD@Paid-By-mircosatfq
Apr 4, 2005, 20:49:47
 
enough said.  ...   Laura DiDio   
Don Brock
Apr 4, 2005, 21:01:16
 
No truth to be found here-- don't bo ...   Ignore the click through   
Ursus Orribilus
Apr 4, 2005, 21:06:07
 
I saw Yankee Group and thought to myself ...   I knew it   
Tony OBryan
Apr 4, 2005, 21:25:59
 
I wonder when we'll start seeing wor ...   Again !!!   
da
Apr 4, 2005, 21:32:29
 
Losing credibility rapidly with her prev ...   Laura Backpedals   
Jack Strangio
Apr 4, 2005, 21:37:14
 
If Yankee/Dido is saying that they are n ...   WOW   
a.c.
Apr 4, 2005, 21:40:48
 
"In the independent study, 88 percent of ...   Summary - to save your time   
Mar
Apr 4, 2005, 21:57:01
 
Again no mention of viruses and downtime ...   DiDiot on a roll   
Gabe
Apr 4, 2005, 21:58:10
 
You know this article was meant to put L ...   Oops   
Tom Henderson
Apr 4, 2005, 22:57:12
 
Well, considering the "analysts" mention ...   Neck and neck now?   
scott_R
Apr 4, 2005, 23:00:24
 
BWWWAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....... ...   HOhoHoHhhoHoOooOohhhheeeehee   
ahahahahhahahaha
Apr 4, 2005, 23:12:52
 
Same old stuff from her here, yes linux  ...   OH NO!! Its iDIDitO.   
Han Solo
Apr 4, 2005, 23:21:09
 
DiDio said !  Huh,  Isn't see is the ...   DiDio said !   
Alex
Apr 4, 2005, 23:31:47
 
They all assume that Linux will be deplo ...   Funny   
Jimmy the Geek
Apr 5, 2005, 00:02:47
 
Must go faster... must look farther... t ...   App costs   
Rik Nilsson
Apr 5, 2005, 00:40:58
 
> Again no mention of viruses and downti ...   Re: DiDiot on a roll   
Gamma Zed
Apr 5, 2005, 04:39:50
 
Working on this system at the moment is  ...   Windows performance killed by McAfee   
Richard
Apr 5, 2005, 09:33:11
 
Laura DiDio holds a B.A. in communicatio ...   qualification of Didiot   
NM
Apr 5, 2005, 09:42:43
 
I live linux. I use linux.  But I won&#3 ...   Why criticize her so?   
Ross
Apr 5, 2005, 14:15:51
 
The Yankee Group report (it would be too ...   DiDio statement superficial   
doug
Apr 5, 2005, 17:07:49
 
With Closed Source software you get "tot ...   LINUX and xBSD TCO is much higher...   
Wonderbird
Apr 5, 2005, 17:41:40
 
I live linux. I use linux.  But I won&#3 ...   Re: 'Why criticize her so?' - a fine p   
smallchange
Apr 5, 2005, 19:27:03
 
Anyway, this article seems fair enough t ...   Re: Why criticize her so?   
GreyGeek
Apr 6, 2005, 01:37:18
 
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