Microsoft told to ‘get the facts’
Aug 26, 2004 Media & Advertising
Linux 10 times more expensive? Get the facts, watchdog tells Microsoft. (ZDNet Australia)
Back in June I commented on the (at the time) new series of Microsoft ads inviting people to ‘get the facts’. It was pretty clear from the start that the ‘facts’ Microsoft were offering were somewhat one sided. It seems that the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK agrees. From the article:
“A print ad from Microsoft which bore the headline “Weighing the cost of Linux vs.Windows? Let’s review the facts” offered a comparison between a Windows and a Linux machine which, according to Redmond, demonstrated that “Linux was found to be over 10 times more expensive than Windows Server? for Windows-comparable functions of file serving and Web serving. The results showed that IBM z900 mainframe running Linux is much less capable and vastly more expensive than Windows Server 2003 as a platform for server consolidation.”"
I think everyone was already aware of the fact that a mainframe costs more than a desktop PC, but Microsoft seems to think that proves Windows is cheaper than Linux. Go figure.