If Microsoft’s Cheaper Than Linux, The Earth’s Flat

The never-ending TCO debate between the software industry’s greatest rivals in history — Microsoft & Linux — has got nastier. OSIA claims that Microsoft has its ‘facts’ on TCO comparison all wrong, and the IDC report was secretly funded by the Redmond giant, producing doctored results. The real evidence it claims, is the industry’s first concrete independent survey, which has delivered results strongly in favor of Linux.