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VARBusiness: Microsoft-Backed Linux Study Gets Big Shrug

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 17, 1999

“Report finds NT Server besting Red Hat Linux”

“[Microsoft] pretty much knew what it wanted to get,” says
George Weiss, vice president and research director for Gartner
Group Inc.’s Hardware and Operating Systems Group. “Mindcraft was
the front…”

“While the company had little or no communication with Red Hat
or Linux experts, it spoke frequently with its client, Microsoft,
which Weiner says worked with his company to best set up NT.
Mindcraft had a keen eye on its project deadline and decided not to
seek further help with Linux. “We didn’t call in an outside Linux
expert,” Weiner says.”

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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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