"Hidden Costs" of Linux Refuted
Jan 09, 2008, 22:00 (8 Talkback[s])
The Beez' Speaks...: A Brief Exercise in FUD Dissection
[ Thanks to Hans
Bezemer for this link. ]
"Sometimes you stumble across an article that makes you wonder
whether people are spreading FUD or whether they are really that
ignorant. When you take it down, bit by bit, it becomes more and
more obvious how ridiculous their statements are. This one is from
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. It is a well written article and it seems
as if he knows what he is talking about. Well, since I have an
unexpected free half hour as I wait for a call to be returned,
let's take this baby apart..."
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The Tech and Other Cents: Hidden Cost of Enterprise
Computing
[ Thanks to Alex
Bogak for this link. ]
"Take for example the article I just read. Adrian
Kingsley-Hughes from Datamation (IT Management publication) wrote
an essay, in which he discusses the hidden costs of using Linux
operating system. What he does though, is mixing quite a fix things
in one bag, and not the good way. He mixes the problems that home
users might have and implementing them to enterprise users, which
is wrong. There's quite different approach in enterprise IT
departments to computing and infrastructure..."
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