Arguments against Linux…

… are the same kind of arguments one might use against Longhorn. Ingenious article by Charlie Demerjian in which he first sets out the arguments Microsoft uses to dissuade CIOs from switching to Linux. Then he does a search-and-replace on the piece, substituting ‘Longhorn’ for ‘Linux’ and — guess what — the same arguments look plausible. Lovely rhetorical trick. Conclusion: “Pay now, and get off the gerbil wheel, or pay later, and stay on it. Your choice.”

Thanks for Dave Hill for the link.