Microsoft Corp. will release Wednesday the findings of another survey it has sponsored, this time comparing two platforms—its Windows Server System and Novell Inc.'s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server—under evolving business requirements over an extended period of time.
The study found that there are fundamental differences in the Linux and Windows models, and while there are advantages to Linux componentization, there are also downsides in terms of complexity, time to manage and cost, according to Ryan Gavin, Microsoft's director of platform strategy
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