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Technovia: A survey of 90 enterprises finds better total cost of ownership and fewer risks with Microsoft’s streamlined security tools. (via Cosmos)

[Microsoft.blognewschannel.com] » Linux InsideMicrosoft - part of the Blog News Channel: Putting much doubt to the theory that Linux is cheaper than Windows because it is free, a Yankee Group survey showed 88% of companies find the cost of using Windows to be equal to or better than Linux. Not only that, but Microsoft’s security rating doubled from a year ago, to the point where it is just behind Linux.

[Bigblog.com] Search: Microsoft Shares Security Patch Process at Tech Ed @ Big Blog: report that quotes Open Source Initiative acting president Michael Tiemann as saying "Microsoft reached out to me as president of the OSI and they basically said they wanted to begin a productive conversation, and we agreed to take that at face value." Later the report quotes Tiemann speculating on thepurpose of the invitation. Tiemann characterized Microsoft's Shared Source program as an "attempt to quell an internal civil war" at Microsoft and said that "there are smart people at Microsoft who realize there is another side to the argument." Tiemann, who is serving as the OSI's temporary president until a permanent replacement for Eric Raymond is found (my vote has always gone to Spikesource CEO Kim Polese), is also vice president of open source affairs at Red Hat (here's my interview of Tiemann).

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