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Is Microsoft Really Less Expensive Than Linux? (CIO)Is Microsoft Really Less Expensive Than Linux? (CIO)Posted Sep 11, 2003 20:47 UTC (Thu) by murry (guest, #13033)Parent article: Is Microsoft Really Less Expensive Than Linux? (CIO) Hat's off to CIO for not slavishly toeing the Redmond line. It seems as if many respected research orgs are being commissioned to reach similar conclusions. It will backfire. Anecdotal evidence of open source viability continues to mount in various market segments. I for one maintain that a marketplace of competition is far healthier than a monopoly. Competitors who encourage one another, then compete fiercely, have long life cycles. Domination does not bode well when the dominator's strategy is always to step on the ants. What would life be like if only Toyota sold cars? Can anyone point out any other giant marketplace that is dominated by a single company, like the OS (and, to a lesser but still significant degree, desktop computer software) marketplaces?
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