[oclug] Microsoft Partners Guide to Competing with Linux

[Francis Pinteric]

And you wonder then why IT departments continually go to Microsoft.
It is rarely, if ever, about technology. The success of linux depends
on the ability to sell it.

In other words, marketing.

>>>--fja->

--- Vic Gedris <vic at worldwidepunk.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Chris Nolan wrote:
> 
> > Got this passed to me the other day.  A little booklet and CD set
> from
> > Microsoft titled "Competing with Linux".  It's part number is
> 098-91649  I
> > tried to view it online on their website but it required some
> sort of
> > Microsoft passport login to view it.
> >
> > It's meant for sales people so it of course doesn't have much
> real
> > information but sure does the talk trying to shoot down linux. 
> Bad, real
> > bad.
> 
> Awesome.  I'd love to get myself a copy of this.  I need a good
> laugh once
> in a while.
> 
> > "use this training to get up to speed on how to sell Microsoft
> solutions in
> > a linux-competitive environment"
> 
> Nothing wrong here...
> 
> > "linux has no single vendor support or accountability ... You're
> stuck
> > without any escalation path."
> 
> If you buy from a company like Redhat, you get full support from
> Redhat.
> 
> > "linux lacks a skilled base of IT support ... If I disappeared...
> You'd have
> > no one to go to as a backup"
> 
> Huh?  What?  Wrong.  I'd like to see a field test of this.  Mr./Ms.
> Microsoft Spokesperson, please make yourself disappear and I'll see
> if I
> can find a backup for you.
> If Microsoft were to disappear, THEN what the hell would all these
> people
> do?  Wow...there would be millions of people completely SOL. If a
> Linux
> vendor dries up, just move on to another one.  YOu're not locked
> in...it's
> beautiful.
> 
> > "what you'll find is that Microsoft software provides the best
> balance
> > between what you need to successfully run  your business and a
> price that is
> > reasonable."
> 
> Depends on the business of course.  And your definition of
> "reasonable".
> And your requirements...etc..etc...
> 
> > "linux lacks a clear technical roadmap"
> 
> If they are speaking specifically about the kernel, they might have
> a
> point.  Or does such a document exist for future kenel development?
>  I
> know there are online meetings and kernel conferences, but what's
> the
> status of this?
> I find that other parts of complete Linux packages (Apache, KDE,
> Gnome,
> etc.) seem to have a really goo idea of "the road ahead".
> 
> > "linux offers limited scalability"
> 
> Really?  Tell that to people who are running it inside of tiny
> embedded
> devices and huge mainframes.
> 
> > "linux performance is limited"
> 
> Yes, of course.  Duh.  *Everything's* performance is limited by
> various
> factors (hardware, etc).
> 
> > "linux is not ready for real business"
> 
> I guess I'll have to stop supporting all of the "fake" businesses
> out
> there.  Or were they all a figment of my imagination?
> 
> I'm sure other people will have more to say...but wow, this I have
> to see.
> The beauty of these types of documents (eg. halloween) is that the
> Linux
> community takes them, evaluates them, criticizes, them, has a few
> laughs,
> and then fixes the things that need fixing.
> 
> -Vic
> 
> -- 
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