[SLUG] Re: More FUD from Microsoft -- unlicensed IP, IBM/Microsoft "bullies," NDS (DAP/RSA) != AD (LDAP/Kerb)

From: Bryan J. Smith (b.j.smith@ieee.org)
Date: Mon Nov 22 2004 - 17:03:47 EST


On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 14:04, Steven Buehler wrote:
> This discussion is beginning to be more suited to the slug-politics
> list than the general slug linux list.

Agreed. I think I quite hypocritically complained about others doing
the same awhile back (talking about Windows on SLUG).

-- Bryan

P.S. I also noticed I appended the subject on 2 posts. I forgot I was
replying to the SLUG list both times. My apologies, I will be more
vigilant in remembering when I'm posting to SLUG.

-- 
Bryan J. Smith                                    b.j.smith@ieee.org 
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Subtotal Cost of Ownership (SCO) for Windows being less than Linux
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) assumes experts for the former, costly
retraining for the latter, omitted "software assurance" costs in 
compatible desktop OS/apps for the former, no free/legacy reuse for
latter, and no basic security, patch or downtime comparison at all.

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