[plug] OSIA questions Gartner claim on Linux and piracy

[Bernd Felsche]

Alex Nordstrom <alexander.nordstrom at tpg.com.au> writes:
>On Friday, 1 Oct 2004 21:25, Kai wrote:
>> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/01/1096527925322.html
>>
>> I think there are some good points in this, like:
>> "We have a better product at a cheaper price and Microsoft can't
>> compete except by blaming us for piracy"

>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>October 2, 2004
>Contact: Dr. Bruce Hisoun, The Royal Institute of Beer and Software

>Study Links Microsoft to Piracy

>The Royal Institute of Beer and Software today published findings of 
>honest-to-God-serious research among drinking buddies, other 
>acquaintances, and a bloke named Bob, showing that 90 to 95 % of all 
>computers running Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) exhibit a higher incidence 
>of piracy (also known as terrorism) than did systems running Gnu/Linux.

Didn't the barmaid argue that there was less worthwhile to steal for
Linux?  >:-)
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