Microsoft move triggers Linux promotion (News.com)
[Posted June 26, 2002 by cook]
News.com
looks at
Ximian's efforts to woo customers away from the Microsoft platform.
"
Ximian, a small Boston company pushing use of the Linux operating system on ordinary desktop computers, is offering discounts to try to woo Microsoft customers dissatisfied with a more expensive licensing plan from the software titan. As of May, about two-thirds of Microsoft's customers haven't signed up for a program to offer a subscription-like product update service."
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