[PLUG] Linux 0, Microsoft $9 million

Chris Jantzen chris at maybe.net
Tue Aug 17 09:42:02 UTC 2004


On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 07:26:18AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
>   Just in case you missed this on Groklaw:
> 
>         <http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040817033940321>
> 
>   The second part, about XP's SP2 is equally pathetic as the first part
> about a Micorsoft-funded study by CapGemini that "convinced" the government
> of the London borough of Newham that a Microsoft solution was less expensive
> than would be migrating to linux and other open source software.
> 
>   Once again we have proof that in government you get what you pay
> for.

And proof that when you commission a study, you get what you pay
for. ;-)

-- 
chris kb7rnl =->
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