MS Won't Release Study Disputing Munich's Linux-Switch Savings 268
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timothy
from the what-and-give-away-the-recipe dept.
from the what-and-give-away-the-recipe dept.
itwbennett writes "As previously reported on Slashdot, in November of last year, the city of Munich reported savings of over €10 million from its switch to Linux. Microsoft subsequently commissioned a study (conducted by HP) that found that, in fact, 'Munich would have saved €43.7 million if it had stuck with Microsoft.' Now, Microsoft has said it won't release the study, saying that '[it] was commissioned by Microsoft to HP Consulting for internal purposes only.'"
Re:Obviously (Score:5, Funny)
Switch from Microsoft to Microsoft and save $43.7 million?
I can understand "switch from stupid choice of products to better choices of products" though. And I don't find it unlikely that they had a lot of stupid choices there.
Another interesting option is if the switch to Linux saves money and then switching to Microsoft saves even more and then you can just continue switching, imagine the savings! Personally I have a hard time imagine you save money by switching back and forth though =P
In Other News (Score:5, Funny)
The MS study by HP (Score:5, Funny)
Went something like this:
Dear Bill/Steve,
We have spent 6 months evaluating Linux in the Munich offices and have found the following issues:
1) IE is not installed so many of compatibility webpages you wanted us to evaluate did not work correctly.
2) The accounts which were created in Active Directory to allow for LDAP logins in Linux have a schema different from the documentation you provided and did not work correctly.
3) The Excel spreadsheets saved in the Open Document Format were not compatible with LibreOffice's Open Document Format and did not display all sheets corrrecly. Apparently the format is different than what was specificed in the standard you provided.
4) The Macro virus attached to the Excel spreadsheet *did* execute correctly and damaged one of the exported NTFS filesystems on the SAMBA server.
In closing, for the 6 months of screwing around trying to get your proprietary solutions to play nicely via the advertised specifications we've found none of them worked as advertised (except for fore-mentioned virus) and are billing you €40.7 million for our lead times and €3.7 million to cover anger management therapy for our support personnel.
Yours truly,
Meg W.
Newsflash (Score:5, Funny)
Newsflash: sponsored study shows results that favor sponsor. Truly shocking.
Re:show us (Score:5, Funny)
MSFT's internal study predicted that Munich would have saved so much because everyone would have been too busy dancing with their tablets to perform any governance or spend any money.
Internal purposes only? (Score:5, Funny)
So were they just trying to make themselves feel better?
Vreenak said it best (Score:4, Funny)
Romulan Senator Vreenak [memory-alpha.org] said it best:
It's a faaaaake!
Re:Linux claimed to be cheaper than Windows (Score:5, Funny)
There are plenty of non-strange Linux people around.
Personally, I consider myself quite charming.
Dieter sprake (Score:5, Funny)
"Now is the time on Surface when we dance!"
Re:In Other News (Score:5, Funny)
I ran my own study to test your claims, and I'm afraid your conclusions appear wrong.
They're only 83% full.
Re:Obviously (Score:5, Funny)
That's how much they would have saved in discounts. It would have cost them a hell of a lot more, but the savings were there.
Re:Dieter sprake (Score:3, Funny)
Would you like to touch my Ballmer?
Re:show us (Score:5, Funny)
Munich: The first 6 digits of PI are 3.14159
MS: No, it's 123456. Honest, we've done a study and all.
Munich: Oh, great, can you show us?
MS: No, it's for internal purposes only. But trust us, it's 123456 allright.