Microsofts view of Linux users, and how to convince them of Windows

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I don’t like linking to Microsoft stuff, and especially not to Microsoft FUD (the flash presentation of theirs will in turn try to bring you to their “get the facts” wrong site…)

However, for Linux evangelists it’s a good opportunity to see Microsofts strategy at attacking Linux, and where we should improve to counter their claims (e.g. with respect to mangeability).

It’s also nice to see that they actually feel oblieged to counter SAMBA and other Linux technology, and that especially in the networking part they have little to claim to be superior. And also for Samba all they claim is “higher value because of better integration and manageability”.

And I definitely have to agree that management of a larger Linux network isn’t easy, and we could do with some better tools. (And especially tools to do tools for network management; we have different requirements, and there are good tools, but they are either hard to roll out and customize - cfengine -, or too primitive to be of use to many - webmin etc.)

Still the average Linux administrator does manage a significantly higher number of servers than a Windows admin, so their claim actually is incorrect.

And it’s totally absurd they claim to be better in security with Exchange. Maybe better than their older crap, but I still would never ever trust a Microsoft system for Email… just remember all those bad email vacation notices etc. Microsoft delivers…

So: know your “enemy”s tactics.