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Sarten-X | Re:It'll cost them more in the long run

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  1. <voice class="TV gameshow host" style="decade: 1980">
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  3. It's time to play Spot The FUD! With your host, Sarten-X!
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  5. Doing this sort of thing to spite Microsoft is silly.
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  7. Our game opens, and THERE'S SOME RIGHT THERE! Wow, right outta the gate! When we're talking about a large-scale integration project, "spite" isn't likely a significant factor, unless Microsoft has somehow managed to personally offend every politician in Munich. Note the literary device, though... by saying the decision was spiteful, the people who decided against Microsoft are cast as being evil... Who'd want to agree with someone so mean?
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  9. Whatever they save on licensing fees will end up being spent on support, and then some.
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  11. Ah, now there's the biggest bit of FUD we've seen in a long time here on Spot The FUD! Now, this might look like a restatement of a zero-sum philosophy, but it's really FUD! Not only hasn't it been established how much they'll actually save on licensing, but there's no real indication that support costs would change at all, or which direction they would go.
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  13. Playing computer politics with the taxpayer's money is irresponsible.
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  15. Wow! We're three for three here, folks! Just like the last one, this is FUD disguised as common sense. Also like last time, a little analysis shows the problem. Sure, tax money should be spent responsibly, but there's still no reason to think that "computer politics" was behind this decision. It'd be equally irresponsible to choose to be locked in to a single vendor, especially with a vendor that's made such an effort to be incompatible with alternatives.
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  17. There's a good reason why Microsoft is the standard for business computing...
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  19. This must mean it's time for...
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  21. <voice class="crowd">
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  23. THE BOOK OF HISTORY!
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  27. That's right, folks: The Book Of History! Let me just crack it open and... here we go! Throughout the '80s and '90s, Microsoft made exclusive deals with developers and hardware manufacturers to ensure that Windows was the operating system with the widest support, regardless of its actual merit as a platform. Once Microsoft had money to spare, competitors were purchased just to be shut down, or occasionally to have their product bundled into Windows, ensuring that there would be little viable competition in that market.
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  29. Ah, I just love history... but we're not done yet! We'll be right back after these commercial messages!
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  31. <voice class="pushy salesman">
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  37. and that's because their products are almost always better than open source.
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  39. Well, we're almost out of time, but here's our last bit of FUD for today! It's a pretty easy one, too... Of course, there's no definition of "better" to go along with this unqualified statement, so this shill expects you to accept it at face value, but we know that "better" depends on a wide variety of criteria!
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  41. And that's all the time we have for today! Thanks for joining us! Be sure to tune in next time when we hear a concerned parent tell us about the hidden dangers of vaccination, even though her "research" is based on urban legends that predate vaccines!
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  45. <audio><source src="endtheme.ogg" type="audio/ogg"></audio>
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