Re: [Sheflug] 1 Billion for IT

["Ian W. Wright" <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've just looked at the Microsloth page linked from "the Register" site -
does anyone really understand what its saying??
I know I learned English way back in the dark ages of the 1950s but the MS
statement(s) just don't seem like the same language - more like a random
selection of little used words thrown at the page - and what's FUD anyway??
If ever I got literature of that type when I was working, it was instantly
filed under WPB (waste paper basket) and similarly, reps talking
gobbledygook quickly found the exit and didn't return. Hopefully the same
will apply to MS....

Best wishes,
Ian
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Ian W. Wright
Sheffield, UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris J" <xxxxx [at] nightwolf.org.uk>
To: <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] 1 Billion for IT


>
> And Lo! The Great Prophet " Richard Ibbotson" uttered these words of
wisdom...
> >
> > Seems to me that only the word Microsoft has been mentioned ?
> >  Perhaps someone should explain something about Linux to our Jeremy ?
Or,
> > is he just the kind of Jeremy that people take him to be ?
> >
>
> Like, David, I can't see the word 'Microsoft' either, however HMG does
seem
> to be doing a jumping into bed with them, so maybe its implied... :)
However
> on a vaugely related note, MS have removed that FUD document (the infamous
> 10 reasons why Linux is crap page), and have now acknowleged that Windows
> does indeed have a higher TCO than Linux...
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26230.html
>
> ...and they've got summat a little more reasonable (but still puts MS in a
> good light) in its place. It mostly reads as "Linux can't fit easily into
a
> Microsoft shop. Yes it can be done, but it involves more effort than
Win2k".
> And it also fail to mention alternatives ... for example, about Active
> Server Pages, it says simply (in summary): "Doesn't support ASP without
> third party add-on", without adding "however it does also support CGI's
> written in any language" on the end.
>
> The link to it is off the Register page above.
>
> Chris...
>
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