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Story: Linux firms rubbish Microsoft's customer win

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Posted by: Mark M. (Tuesday 22 March 2005, 10:34 PM)

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At one point he said, "We evaluated Windows first, then just went with that." But in the press release, he said, "Windows gave us what Linux couldn't offer..."

How would he know? He already admitted that Linux got no evaluation.

Management just likes "ooooh, pretty colors!", which Microsoft delivers in spades. Who cares if it actually works as advertised?

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Its the applications and device drivers that run on windows that cement its dominance. How many people would fork out hundreds of pounds for Vista if Linux ran all the software and kit they wanted to use.

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