[TriLUG] RANT: Microsoft's "Get the Facts" campaign blunder #1

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No doubt all have seen or heard of Microsoft's latest anti-linux ad 
campaign.1  

I thought that big major point number two deserved a chuckle as it reads:
 "WinTel Server 10 Times Less Expensive to Operate than Linux Mainframe"

If that's the best they have to use for point #2 then I guess they're 
hurting.  

The "case study" starts by comparing the cost of an $480k IBM mainframe 
and a single 2x900mhz Xeon Windows 2003 box with a cost listed of $25k.


1) http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/facts/default.asp