[GUFSC] Microsoft to offer Linux software?

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Citando Fábio Rodrigues de la Rocha <frr@das.ufsc.br>:

> http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/biztech/12/10/meta.linux.reut/index.html
>              Tuesday, December 10, 2002
> Posted: 8:54 AM EST (1354
>              GMT)
> 
>              SEATTLE, Washington
>              (Reuters) -- In a major
>              strategy shift, Microsoft
>              Corp. will introduce
>              software based on the Linux
>              open source operating
>              system in 2004 for Web
>              services and server software,
>              market researcher META
>              Group predicted on
>              Monday.
> 
>              Microsoft, which denied that
>              it had any plans to develop
>              software for Linux, is facing a
>              growing threat from the open
> source software standard as it
>              gains share in the corporate
> server market used to manage
>              networks and data.
> 
>              META Group predicted that Linux
> will be used on nearly
>              half of new servers by 2007, up
> from its current share of 15 to
>              20 percent, making it difficult
> for Microsoft to ignore Linux
>              as a platform for its database,
> Web hosting and e-mail server
>              applications.
> 
>              "We believe that, beginning in
> late 2004, Microsoft (and its
>              partners) will begin moving some
> of its (to-date) proprietary
>              application enablers (e.g., .Net
> components) to the Linux
>              environment; this will gradually
> include the major Microsoft
>              back-office products, such as
> SQL Server, IIS, and
>              Exchange," META Group said.
> 
>              Group: Microsoft will lower
> prices
> 
>              In a further shift, META Group
> said that Microsoft will also
>              re-price or separate its Windows
> server operating system "so
>              that it can be favorably
> compared against 'free' Linux."
> 
>              "I'm unaware of any efforts at
> this time to move any products
>              onto Linux," said Peter Houston,
> senior director at
>              Microsoft's server group, adding
> that there were no plans to
>              detach or re-price its Windows
> server operating system.
> 
>              "We have made a bet on Windows,
> and we believe that
>              customers are getting value from
> the bet we made," said
>              Houston, "and we're going to
> continue doing what we've been
>              doing for customers."
> 
>              Linux advocates argue that Linux
> offers better security,
>              flexibility and innovation
> because its underlying code, or
>              blueprint, for programs remains
> open to evaluation and
>              scrutiny.
> 
>              Microsoft, which has grown into
> the world's largest software
>              maker by selling proprietary
> software that cannot be copied
>              or modified freely, said it is
> not opposed to open-source
>              software, and points out that
> its source code is available to
>              approved partners and
> educational institutions on a limited
>              basis.
> 
>              Microsoft faced a similar
> situation a decade ago when its
>              nascent server software was
> competing head-to-head with
>              market leader Sun Microsystems
> Inc. , but Microsoft did not
>              choose at the time to write
> software for Sun's proprietary
>              version of Unix.
> 
>              Linux use grows
> 
>              Now Linux, essentially a free
> version of Unix, is eating away
>              at Sun's share of the business
> server market.
> 
>              Sun, a hardware and software
> maker, is now selling
>              computers running Linux, a
> strategy that was also embraced
>              by International Business
> Machines Corp.
> 
>              Redmond, Washington-based
> Microsoft has toned down its
>              criticism of Linux recently,
> after an internal strategy
>              document said that some of its
> arguments against open
>              source software has "backfired."
> 
>              Instead, Microsoft has stressed
> that its software is more
>              affordable when considering the
> total cost of using Linux,
>              including ongoing personnel and
> administration costs.
> 
>              Microsoft fights back
> 
>              A recent Microsoft-sponsored
> study by researcher IDC
>              concluded that servers based on
> Microsoft's Windows 2000
>              were cheaper to own and operate
> when used for networking,
>              storing and sharing files,
> printing and security, while Linux
>              servers were cheaper to operate
> when used for Web hosting.
> 
>              "The IDC study shows that the
> upfront cost is a small part of
>              the total cost to the customer,"
> said Microsoft's Houston.
> 
>              META Group's report also came to
> the same conclusion,
>              saying that Linux's total costs
> of ownership were likely to be
>              higher for mainstream server
> applications.
> 
>              "IT organizations must evaluate
> platform costs from a
>              total-cost-of-ownership
> perspective," META Group's report
>              said.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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