On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:24:28AM -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote:
>On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:14:58PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
>} "Microsoft has long asked third party analysts for accurate assessments
>} of the total cost of ownership of Microsoft Windows deployments,
>} especially against the Linux deployments commonly going into all
>} segments of the market. However, Immunity, Inc. as a third party
>} assessment provider has, until now, not done a thorough analysis, using
>} Immunity proprietary data to tell the true story about the costs of Open
>} Source...
>}
>} http://linuxtoday.com/security/2004081302226OPSWNT
>}
>} Comments?
>
>Did you read the actual paper? It's mostly a joke, though
>well-researched and -supported. That's Total Cost of 0wnership, spelled
>with a zero, as in 0\/\/|\|ing the box.
I had loads of fun reading it, as did a few of my colleagues. I have to
admit I first dissmissed it due to its title, until I realised they
spell ownership with 0 (zero).
/M
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