Microsoft claims firms 'hitting a wall' with Linux
Found on Vnunet on Tuesday, 15 November 2005
Microsoft today released the findings of an independent report claiming that the Windows platform is "more consistent, predictable and easier to manage than Linux".
The study, commissioned by the software giant from Security Innovation, a provider of application security services, claimed that Linux administrators took 68 per cent longer to implement new business requirements than their Windows counterparts.
"This study shows that IT administrators are better able to maintain the system while delivering new capabilities predictably and consistently on the Windows platform."
I always like to compare the "Administrator" and "root" here: sometimes, when a process acts weird and you try to end it in Windows, you get an error, and it keeps on running, usually forcing you to reboot the machine. Under Linux, you issue a "kill -9" in the worst case, and the process goes down.