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I guess this belongs in another thread and has probably been hashed to death, but having dealt with the procurement process and middle management I don't think that the swing to microsoft servers is as much of a money mochine thing as laziness on the part of the less technical decision makers.
It's easier fr a manager or director to justify a purchase of hardware or software X in order to meet compliance with MS driven industry. There's just SO MANY options available to save money with *nix and open source alternatives that it makes the whole decision making and purchasing process bog down.
It's easier for them to regurgitate the very good MS marketing schpiel. When your IT director keeps seeing the IBM advert in his Financial Times, CNN, airplane adverts and TV then it makes it easier for you to swing him in that direction.
Same with this. Anyway.
Back to topic....?
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