eWeek: Analysts: Ballmer's Pep Talk Underrates Linux

"Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's annual e-mail update to the Microsoft troops revealed much about the Redmond, Wash., giant's views on Linux and its other operating-system competition. In turn, we asked analysts and Linux leaders what they thought of Ballmer's latest Linux comments.

"In the memo, Ballmer wrote, 'We are effectively using independent studies by Forrester Research, the Yankee Group, IDC, Giga, BearingPoint and many others to change perceptions of the advantages of Windows over Linux when it comes to total cost of ownership [TCO], functionality and productivity advantages, support and security. We need to do work like this in every business to get customers to recognize our work and appreciate it fully...'"

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