blogs.zdnet.com - 12/3/2008
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On December 3, Microsoft issued a press release entitled "Microsoft Gives Businesses Lower TCO Versus Hidden Costs of Open Source." The message: Open source software costs businesses more than Office and other closed-source Microsoft products.
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Microsoft's mixed-up open-source TCO messaging makes perfect sense
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Old Microsoft, meet new Microsoft. Best sit down, talk, and work out your story(ies) on open source and its TCO. Mary Jo Foley points out that Microsoft has resurrected an old TCO study (December 2007), put some varnish on it, and is trotting it out like it's news. Why? Well, you can guess, as Mary Jo does: So why is Microsoft touting it today? Perhaps due to the recession and desire by companies to find ways to cut costs by using more free software? Or maybe to counteract the press around a former Microsoft developer's new book celebrating the joys of open-source software? Or ...
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