Microsoft's Open-Source Push?    + Add a Comment   Microsoft is
a business, and therefore, like any business, it's purpose is to
generate as large of a profit as possible by providing what
people want.  Open source software is slowly but surely taking
customers away from Microsoft by providing what many people want
for free.  Microsoft's movement to open source, which gets
people to develop some of it's software for free is potentially
cutting costs of producing that software.  This helps to keep
their profits up.    Windows admins are a dime a dozen, so it's
hardly surprising that the short-term costs of using Windows
rather than open source are lower. Once you've made the
commitment to hire competant admins, however, I would dispute
the claim that M$ saves you money.    Log in to MaximumPC
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