BetaNews: Study: Linux and Windows Costs Equal Sep 26, 2006, 13 :30 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (7919 reads) (Other stories by Scott M. Fulton, III)
"Marking what could have been a summer-long hiatus in its 'Get the Facts' campaign, Microsoft is re-igniting the flames on the argument over whether enterprises spend less to manage Windows systems than Linux systems.
"This morning, the company touted a study it commissioned from independent analyst Mercer Management Consulting, which made the case that companies that implement migration programs away from UNIX systems based on the need to adopt new applications--what Mercer calls 'transformational migrations'--now tend to choose Windows over Linux..."
