Open source development labs is striking back at Microsoft and its Get the Facts research strategy with a 17-page report titled "Get the Truth on Linux Management" that challenges Microsoft's claims that Linux has a higher total cost of ownership and higher system management costs than Windows.
Andi Mann, an analyst at Enterprise Management Associates, in Boulder, Colo., who conducted the research and wrote the report, told eWEEK in an interview that the study's overall conclusion is that Linux may, in many cases, be substantially less expensive to own than Windows.
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