Microsoft inspired a near-psychotic depth of loathing

Rick Tomaschuk rickl-ZACYGPecefkm4kRHVhTciCwD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Fri Mar 17 00:07:45 UTC 2006


The price of Windows
March 2006 

The days are over when Microsoft could rely on being the only software
platform in town. John Dwyer reports

Microsoft has a case to answer. When Quocirca sifted through 8000 IT
professionals’ responses to an online questionnaire last year, the UK
consultancy discovered deep unease with Microsoft’s Windows operating
system. 

In some respondents Microsoft inspired a near-psychotic depth of
loathing. Others merely recorded strong reservations about,
respectively, the cost and performance penalties of Windows’ insecurity,
its squandering of hardware power, its instability and unreliability, 
and the cost of Microsoft’s licences. 

No wonder, then, that the Linux Open Source Software (OSS) operating
system is gaining ground at Windows’ expense.


http://www.themanufacturer.com/britishindustry/content_page.html?
article_id=559

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