LinuxPlanet: The Yin and Yang of Open Source Commerce, Part 4

“Additionally, we may observe that Microsoft’s sensitivities in
respect of Linux are well founded. It is possible that Microsoft’s
attempts to counter Linux in the enterprise market is nothing more
than a plan that serves to buy more time in the SMB/SME market,
where the vast bulk of the company’s profits are obtained. If this
is true, they may be using the anti-Linux ‘Get the Facts’ strategy
as a smokescreen while they dig deeper trenches in which to embed
their business before the Linux vendors wake up to markets outside
the enterprise.

“Microsoft’s presence in the enterprise market is not as strong
as it is in the SMB/SME market. The enterprise market is the
stronghold of the UNIX players. Microsoft’s foothold in the
enterprise market is undermined by the level of technical
competence of IT staff in large businesses. In the SMB market there
is little to no on-site expertise; these sites depend on outside
contractors and value added resellers (VARs) to provide the
technical support needed to keep information systems operative.
Traditional Windows VARs have not embraced Linux to the same degree
that the more technical consultants have done…”

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