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

[cgbullock at cox.net]

> 
> 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.

Here is a case study I did to show some 'facts' about Linux vs Microsoft.  Its kinda ugly in html but you can pull the facts. Lots of useless data, but, again, you can get the gist of the study.

http://members.cox.net/cgbullock/Linux_case_study.htm 
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