Ziff-Davis presents: Windows vs Linux!

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On 5/17/06, Alex Beamish <talexb-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I use GMail, which presents 'suitable' ads (for some definition of suitable)
> on one side of the screen. While viewing the latest thread on running
> Firefox w/ Java on x86_64 architecture I saw a Google ad for another
> 'independent' (for some definition ..) web site asking the age old question,
> Windows or Linux?
>
> I visited, curious, and saw Ziff Davis, a long time Microsoft ally, at the
> bottom of the opening page, The conclusion (Windows!) was pre-ordained, but
> I filled out the survey anyway (What's your number one concern in using Open
> Source applications? [] Indemnification [] Interoperability [] Performance
> [] Reliability [] Security), noting that TCO wasn't listed. The percentages
> on the survey were all nice multiples of 2%, so it could be that I was the
> fiftieth person to answer the survey. Or just lucky.
>
> Anyway, the web site is at
>
>
> http://www.serveriq.net/category2/0,1874,1873037,00.asp
>
> and I find myself wondering, is there a tally anywhere of the pro-Windows
> and pro-Linux web sites anywhere? A blog showing the latest news and issues
> would be fascinating to read. If only there were more hours in the day.
>
> --
> Alex Beamish
> Toronto, Ontario

At least at the top of the page is "Sponsored by Microsoft". Sort of
like a restaurant recommending its own food.

-Steve.
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