"Microsoft's competition with Linux is unlike any other they've had before," said Gartner analyst David Smith. "They're not going in as the low-cost provider. Even if you buy the studies that indicate there's not that much difference in cost or that Microsoft is cheaper, at least initially people go in thinking Linux is cheaper because initially it's free."-- Analysts: Microsoft feels tug of Linux
Well, there's that. There's also the fact that only Microsoft insults its customers and expects them to be criminals, and pirate their "intellectual property" at every possible opportunity. Funny how these issues never come up with Linux systems or open source applications...
