[Am-info] Linux gaining momentum, but never count out Microsoft

[Fred Miller]

"BOSTON -- Enterprises are increasingly choosing to invest in Linux over 
Windows because of cost considerations and dissatisfaction with licensing 
policies. But Microsoft may have some plans in store to slow the advance of 
open source.

Microsoft could trump Linux by undercutting open-source vendors on price and 
switching to long-term licensing, said Al Gillen, IDC's research director for 
system software. Gillen was speaking at his company's annual Directions 2004 
IT industry briefing."

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