Novell Assents To "Windows Is Cheaper Than Linux" 351
dyous87 points out a ZDNet article reporting that Novell has endorsed a customer's comment claiming that the total cost of ownership of Linux is higher then that of Windows. Novell and Microsoft jointly issued a press release quoting an IT guy for a UK-based bank, HSBC: "Some will be surprised to learn that our Windows environment has a lower total cost of ownership than our current Linux environment." The context of the comment makes it clear that HSBC's Linux environment has a mix of distros, and that a move to centralize around one distro — Novell's — will save money. Nevertheless, Novell's connection to this assertion is not likely to improve their reputation in the open source community.
Since Novell and Microsoft said this... (Score:4, Funny)
Forgot something (Score:4, Funny)
Ok, I just came up with this, but it's not different than what the 'article' is saying, there are no details at all, it's all just hand-waving and no facts.
HSBC (Score:3, Funny)
Hongkong and Shanghai are no longer part of the UK. You need to update your map (I hear Google has good maps).
Applied Freudian Physchology (Score:5, Funny)
How the open source community views Novell is reminiscent of the madonna-whore complex.
1. We can only love a perfect(technically) and chaste(doesn't screw msft behind our backs) woman
2. However we want her to be sexy(successful) and do the nasty(make money).
In essence we can never be satisfied with a company's performance and also love them at the same time. We are doomed to hate Novell and yet we desperately want her.
Re:Since Novell and Microsoft said this... (Score:3, Funny)
Since Microsoft AND Novell said this...
No conflict of interest here; move along, citizens.
Re:What's the story.... (Score:3, Funny)
A chair? (Score:3, Funny)
Well, I certainly didn't expect that.
Re:Old cost of 0wnership article (Score:4, Funny)
The easiest way to disambiguate that spelling is spell it: "Total Cost of Pwnership"
(TCP might not be the best way to abbreviate it though)
Re:I'm torn (Score:4, Funny)
Your comments were well thoughtout, concise, and without hysteria or bias.
You must be new here!
Re:No credibility, since msft paid novl over $100M (Score:1, Funny)
Three degrees of the severity of lies: (Score:4, Funny)
Lies,
Damned Lies,
and TCO reports
-- Greywolf's Law of TCO
The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus (Score:3, Funny)
I would recommend that the guys at Novell read The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus. [wikipedia.org] It'll prepare them for what's to come.
Re:So... (Score:3, Funny)
Tuxracer.
Re:its a bank (Score:2, Funny)