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Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
Hot news: Mainframes are more expensive than Windows boxes
Apparently, Microsoft have been running print adverts in the UK that effectively claim that IBM Mainframes (running Linux) are more expensive than a machine running Windows Server 2003. Well duh!
From CNet News.com: Ad watchdog warns Microsoft to ‘Get the Facts’
A print ad from Microsoft which bore the headline “Weighing the cost of Linux vs. Windows? […]
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
Forbes: IBM In Denial Over Lotus Notes
Daniel Lyons writes a rather rancorous piece about IBM’s refusal to acknowledge defeat in the messaging wars: IBM In Denial Over Lotus Notes.
The marketing folks in IBM’s Lotus division are starting to sound like the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, who insists he’s winning a fight even as he loses both […]