Laura DiDio
Laura DiDio
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Mainstream Linux deployments are on a steep upward trajectory. Although they will not replace Windows, co-existence will be the order of the day.
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Microsoft can afford to make payments to end the private cases. But it has a long history of guarding its source code vigorously, and the change of philosophy required to throw it open -- and to competitors, at that -- is significant.
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It's a different, more dangerous world. Technology is more sophisticated, but so are the software pirates. Consumers or businesses that deploy counterfeit software put their PCs and networks at peril for encountering tampered code, viruses and even credit card theft. In the end, the consumer and the corporation may suffer just as much, if not more, harm than the software vendors.
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It brings us to the basic question of usability vs. security,
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Over the years, Microsoft has guarded its source code very carefully. It's been very measured in how it's approached complying with that particular part of the sanctions.
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The metamorphosis of Linux from a free, hobbyist software environment to a major revenue-producing operating system is occurring with the same surety and swiftness of a neighborhood undergoing gentrification,
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I think that the training benefits are the most valuable to customers because that's something that has been slashed out of budgets. Any time these folks can get out and mingle and talk to professionals and have it bundled in as a free service, that really does add to the value of a Microsoft license.
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So far, the results have been less than stellar.
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If you looked at the stock market last year, for the first three quarters the market was down and it made it all up in the fourth quarter,
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I'm much more bullish on them this year than I was a year ago. They are making some very strong, bold, and decisive moves to get themselves back on track. 2006 is going to be very interesting.
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If you do not know what is on your network, if you cannot at least estimate the hourly, monthly or yearly cost of downtime, if you do not know how long it takes to recover from a security outage, if you cannot answer questions about the extent of your company's license compliance, then you cannot truly evaluate whether Linux , Windows or Unix is right for your business.
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Like it or not, some people will be dragged, kicking and screaming, into this. In theory we would all get hands-on training sessions, but what's more likely to happen is you'll be lucky if you even get a half-day session.
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Emerging countries don't have the same requirement for advanced functionality and therefore go for the baseline stuff with a low entry point. That's a concern for Microsoft, and is why it is launching 'Windows light' and 'Office light' versions for countries such as Thailand.