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"Georg Bauhaus" <sb463ba@d2-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> wrote in message
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> So why did they undertake that study explaining how much cost
> there is in supporting a Linux based server system vs a NT based
> server system?

Probably for a reason similar to why a domestic steel producing company
might undertake in a study to understand the cost of using dumped foreign
steel versus using domestically produced steel.