http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/facts/
As Mark Twain said: "There are lies, and there are damn lies, and there are statistics". Microsoft is feeling sufficient competitive pressure from Linux that they have started dishing out "the facts" which show that Linux is more costly while performing less effectively than Windows. True, false? There is some educational value in using sources like these as a case study in source bias, even if the facts are correct.
This site also misses the point that many are disenchanted with Microsoft for a variety of reasons other than cost -- and indeed, I would myself support an alternative OS of proved reliability even if the running costs [apart from the conversion costs] were equal, for many of those same reasons.
Posted by jho at January 21, 2004 02:34 PM