SearchWindowsManageability: Microsoft versus Linux TCO: IT Pros Sound Off [Parts IV and V] | Linux Today

SearchWindowsManageability: Microsoft versus Linux TCO: IT Pros Sound Off [Parts IV and V]

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 15, 2002

[ Thanks to M Kincora
for these links. ]

“Microsoft will soon release a study that shows that Windows had
a lower cost of ownership than Linux in file serving, remote access
and firewalls. News about the study appeared in a recent
SearchWindowsManageability article about Microsoft’s new Linux
strategy and a Q&A interview with Microsoft executive Peter
Houston. Since the publication of the article, almost 100 IT
professionals have written to SearchWindowsManageability to sound
off about Microsoft and Linux.

“We began publishing letters to the editor in part one of this
series. In this story, the fourth composed of your letters, IT pros
weigh in about Microsoft’s marketing tactics…”


Complete Story (Part Four)

“In part five, our readers say Microsoft’s software requires
more time and resources to maintain, leaving IT pros with less time
to improve systems and serve their customers and
organizations…”


Complete Story (Part Five)

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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