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Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« on: 27 June 2005, 09:16 »
Or "We will pay you loads of MONEY to read this bollocks out aloud"...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/24/ms_wipro_study/

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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #1 on: 27 June 2005, 11:42 »
Why do you sign your posts.

We know who you are by your username.
I just don't get it.

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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #2 on: 27 June 2005, 19:24 »
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Microsoft helps address vulnerabilities faster than Linux distributors
Erm. Is that true? I wouldn't have though so myself..........
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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #3 on: 28 June 2005, 04:40 »
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Erm. Is that true? I wouldn't have though so myself..........

Yes, it is.
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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #4 on: 28 June 2005, 12:20 »
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Yes, it is.


Care to prove this? :-)

Remember http://www.so-pro.co.uk/windows ?
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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #5 on: 28 June 2005, 13:08 »
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Yes, it is.
Good thing.

I suppose it would be pretty hard to address vulnerabilities when they don't exist.
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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #6 on: 28 June 2005, 16:14 »
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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #7 on: 28 June 2005, 19:32 »
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Care to prove this? :-)

Remember http://www.so-pro.co.uk/windows ?

I think Microsft might have squeezed in a fix for that bug in one of their latest patches. My Windows machine didn't crash on that page. ;)
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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #8 on: 30 June 2005, 13:30 »
Mine took AGES to load that page, but by the time it loaded I had clicked the close button on Firefox anyway...

Using Windows 2000 SP4
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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #9 on: 1 July 2005, 01:03 »
Windows XP loaded the page in about 6 secondes but as soon as i tried to scroll it blue screened.
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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #10 on: 15 July 2005, 18:59 »
My WinXP computer (after I maximized the window) rebooted but my Win2000 computer didn't do anything.
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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #11 on: 15 July 2005, 19:19 »
1 word. BOLLOCKS. i dont have to reboot when i update linux. i dont have to download them, then click install. how can totally free software be more expensive to update than windows? windows updates are free, wwell the minor ones. dont forget 98 second edition. windows costs to buy, costs to run. linux is free from the start.
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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #12 on: 16 July 2005, 09:37 »
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how can totally free software be more expensive to update than windows?

If you want me to discourse on this some time, let me know.  It mostly has to do with the faulty assertion that training costs are part of the cost of updating, when they're REALLY TCO (if they're to be considered at all, given that someone has to learn SOME part of the system sooner or later).  It's a highly subjective standard.

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windows updates are free, wwell the minor ones. dont forget 98 second edition. windows costs to buy, costs to run. linux is free from the start.

That's right.  I never once paid for anything on Linux.  I had to buy Windows 98, then 2k, then XP to receive continued update support.  It's complete marketing bull.
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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #13 on: 16 July 2005, 13:10 »
saying that, all my copies of windows are the corperate versions. so they are free for me to get, i know people, and they dont get stopped by the windows update thing. and i dont need to register, cause they only need the license key :D. AND LEGAL!!!!
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Re: Microsoft software partner finds Microsoft software cheaper than Linux
« Reply #14 on: 16 July 2005, 16:38 »
Know how to make money? Bring whole bunch of old microsoft products and bring them to the incinerator factory place
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