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The Truth about Linux and Windows

Steve Hamm over on the BusinessWeek TechBeat blog has written a very nice summary of his thoughts on the ongoing Linux v. Windows debate (debacle?), especially the latest row over the Yankee Group's Laura DiDio, the analyst who wrote a report favoring Windows. A snippet from Steve's article:

"My beef with Yankee started April 1. That’s when I got an advance look at the press release announcing the study, and a phone interview with Laura DiDio, the analyst who wrote the report. My thought was I’d use this report to really delve down into the way such research is done and figure out how credible it is. So I not only questioned DiDio about her methods and her conclusions, but I also asked for the data upon which here conclusions were drawn. The headline on the press release is 'Yankee Group Survey Reveals Majority of Enterprises rate Quality and Performance of Windows Equal to or Better than Linux.' DiDio described the survey as 'totally independent, web-based, and self selecting.' She went down through her findings and conclusions."

Definately worth the read.

posted by Fergie @ 4/22/2005 04:43:00 PM