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Nice quote, try quoting unbiased sources
>Not everyone would agree with that assessment, however. A study conducted by market researcher IDC and funded by Microsoft found that the software giant's products were more cost-effective than open-source software in four out of five instances.

Isn't that like asking the oil companies if we should use solar power? happy I like using MS software, but how about a quote from an unbiased source.

Open source *does* cost more than people on this board would like to think, but I doubt that it is more expensive than MS. When you include such things as end-user support and training they are probably closer to roughly the same cost depending on your environment. If you are looking for choices in applications, open source loses. The selection of commercial quality applications for OS's such as Linux (most that come with the usual distro do not qualify, IMO) does not come close to what is available on a MS OS.
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And they should use what works best  FilledOut | 08/14/04
They are.. hence the article..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/14/04
This is Zdnet, there is no hence, just agenda  FilledOut | 08/15/04
will not happen  mvaar | 08/15/04
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