The Register: MS TCO Study Fails to Dislodge OSS Trials from Newham Council

“Despite a determined onslaught by Microsoft consultants Cap
Gemini Ernst & Young, Newham Borough Council’s open source
trials have emerged not merely unscathed but expanded from an MS
versus Linux face-off this week. And a statement issued by Newham
today says that the London borough “has concluded that, in the
short term, significant cost savings are not achievable by
switching to strategy based-upon Open Source software.”

“Yes, we know. ‘How does that work then?’ you’re asking. ‘How
come open source won when they’re saying they’ve decided they won’t
save anything by switching to it?’ We’ll explain…”

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