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>>First - the perception of to restrictive a license needs to be overcome. Yes the Microsoft license is far more restrictive than any of the Open Source licenses for using systems.<<

Perhaps less restrictive than GPL and its derivatives, but not for other open source licenses (not everyone release open source using the GPL or LGPL or similar licenses, some companies have their own specific licenses for open source). If you're purely talking about Linux under GPL, it's still only partially true as GPL is pretty restrictive with what you can actually do.

>>the perception that Microsoft cannot play fairly with others<<

That's a bit of a misperception isn't it? MS has a long history of strategic partnerships with a number of corporations. They even have partnerships with Sun and Apple.

>>the perception that Microsoft OS's are bloated and non-scalable<<

How are Linux and Unix any different? Linux is the only one with and advantage simply because it is open source so you can strip out all the bloat yourself. Take, for example, Linux web servers used by government agencies. None of them take "off-the-shelf" distributions. Or look at Google, which customizes Linux for their servers.

>>the per CPU cost... this needs to be lower in order to compete with Linux<<

True, but given the penetration of Windows into the server market, this isn't a hard argument to make (Windows is currently tied with Unix with Linux a distant third). This also goes towards the scalability argument. Given the presence of Windows in the high-end computing market, it's hard to make the argument that Windows is no scalable.

>> Not many really believe Microsoft will adhere to the set standards for long before they implement their own "standard" that breaks other systems compatibility, so why risk it<<

True, I guess this is something we all have to wait and see.

>>Microsoft can try to break into this market, but this is most assuradly Linux's realm <<

The server market? Microsoft is already there. The clustered computing market? It's a Unix domain right now. Linux primarily competes (with MS) in the low-end server market. They're all scrambling for the high-end. Linux has a huge headstart since it can already cluster. But most applications do not rely on native OS cluster support anyway.

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