[plug] M$ justification

[Leon Brooks]

On Sunday 08 December 2002 07:33 am, Peter J. Nicol wrote:
>>  On Saturday 07 December 2002 04:30 pm, Peter J. Nicol wrote:
>>> So, to understand the report, it needs to be seen in context.

>>  Yeah. A frame. (-:

> This is too harsh, even in jest.

Maybe not.

> The report is accurate, and valid, it is just a matter of working out for
> WHOM it is accurate and valid.

Nobody.

The report treats Windows and Linux admins as more or less 1:1 equivalent. 
There are very few circumstances in which a Linux admin will be unable to 
admin more than twice as many boxes as a Windows admin, and typically it is 
around 4x.

Needless to say, this kind of changes the financial results a little bit. Like 
from +20% cost to -60%.

> The reporting around this story has been very average.

It certainly has. Even El Reg's acid wit missed that one.

> At the least, articles should have been said that the report was valid
> only for specific circumstances, and for fairness, should have mentioned
> the other credible reports that detail contrary results.

Don't know if they'd have enough space. Do know that nobody paid them to do 
that, and do know that the original `research' was paid for by someone with a 
strong vested interested in them *not* doing that.

Cheers; Leon