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But did he or anyone else determine if the OSS solution (let's say
PostgreSQL for sake of argument) Just Worked for their business need? 
And I'm not so sure about your cost parity claim; when I worked for a
company that was putting a client on Oracle, the Oracle license alone
was going to be tens of thousands of dollars.  In any case, I doubt that
anyone ran the numbers and did a genuine comparison.

With a statement like "Even though [Linux] has moved into the realm of a
production-level system and may become a competitor to Microsoft," this
fellow is clearly a little late to the cluetrain.  He doesn't "get"
OSS.  People who "get" OSS don't really perceive Microsoft and Linux as
having a "competition" with each other; if they're anything like me,
they find the idea of having a server operating system that doesn't have
a proper administrative toolset like having one foot nailed to the floor
(it's great if you only want to walk in a circle).

- Jeff


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