Windows device development faster, cheaper than Linux? (Register)
Posted Jul 17, 2003 19:36 UTC (Thu) by
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Windows device development faster, cheaper than Linux? (Register) by taruntius
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Windows device development faster, cheaper than Linux? (Register)
If you read the analysis in this story, you will note that they take exception to the
statistical raw data and results as perpertrated by this Microsoft-funded research. I
think there is cause for concern that the researcher may have had, in much the
same way that the flawed Microsoft-funded IDC report writers had, his research
hands tied by Microsoft. Please read the following in relation to this:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_09/b3822610_tc102.htm
"One of the study's authors accuses Microsoft of stacking the deck. IDC analyst Dan
Kusnetzky says the company selected scenarios that would inevitably be more
costly using Linux. Also, he believes Windows should be cheaper to operate, since
it has been around longer, giving Microsoft more time to develop software to
manage the operating system. "Microsoft has had a lot more time to work on this. I
wonder why the win wasn't bigger," Kusnetzky says. Microsoft insists that it didn't rig
the contest and chose the most popular uses for the software.
But its assertions about Linux' hidden costs don't always pan out in the real world.
"Our experience is different," says Jeffrey R. Davis, the global technical lead at
Amerada Hess Exploration & Production (AHC ), who manages 400 Linux servers
by himself."
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