Today, competitors to Microsoft, such as Sun Microsystems, are slowly but surely gaining ground at its expense and this could well mark the start of a mass customer exodus from Microsoft — at least for select products. It seems the recurring complaints by Microsoft’s clients over issues pertaining to security, reliability and the hidden cost of its offerings have fallen on the right ears.
Embattled enterprises looking for answers can perhaps find some solace in one Australian story — how the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) hopes to save millions by ditching Microsoft.
Link: ZDNet Australia
