Archive | April 5, 2005

Regular reader Kevin Cully points out that my earlier plug for “Windows Catching Up to Linux in TCO, Security” was from a fairly questionable source. Kevin points out:

The visitors over at LinuxToday don’t have very nice things to say about Laura DiDio from the Yankee Group, and author of the report. Evidently there are some questions about her credibility in regards to her past articles.

I’ve mentioned the Yankee Group several times before in this blog:

The Register: Going cold turkey with Windows, well, thinking about it, maybe

Misinformation as news

and in none too positive a light. There are lies, damned lies, statistics and “studies.” Disappointing.

Ars Technica points to a New survey rates Windows and Linux TCO. “A new survey from the Yankee Group says that TCO for Linux and Windows are roughly the same. Some of the other findings are a bit surprising.”