Group: comp.os.linux.advocacy


Subject: [News] 2 Microsoft Mouthpieces: Accidentally Admitting Linux is Better at Appliances
From: Mark Kent
Date: 12/18/2007 3:08:39 PM
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused: > Yankee Group Says Linux Outperforms Windows in Virtual Environments > > ,----[ Quote ] >| Open source (primarily Linux) beats proprietary (Windows) in a virtual >| environment. > `---- > > http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/linux/15531/yankee-goup-says-linux-outperforms-windows-virtual-environments > > Ouch. It was somewhere in the text. Yankee Group is considered a Microsoft > lapdog with a long history at that. Another Microsoft shill is Barron?s (see > recent references below). Odd. Maybe Microsoft didn't pay them enough this time? > > Barron?s Red Hat Coverage Is All Wrong > > ,----[ Quote ] >| The VAR Guy opened today?s edition of Barron?s and shook his head in >| disagreement. The financial paper says Red Hat?s revenue will erode amid >| fierce competition from Oracle and the new Microsoft-Novell partnership. > `---- > > http://techiqmag.com/2006/11/05/barrons-red-hat-coverage-is-all-wrong/ > Well, the alternative is far less palatable for their paying customer, that Microsoft are on a downward trend, and others, including Red Hat, are picking up and will continue to pick up yet more business from them. -- | Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk | | Cola faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/ | | Cola trolls: http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ | | My (new) blog: http://www.thereisnomagic.org |