Info-Tech Research Group reports Microsoft could lose as much as 10% of its mid-sized business customers to Linux, in its best markets, over just the next three years.
Sounds really bad for Microsoft, doesn’t it?
That’s not how the story was reported. Linux Fails in Small Business Market was one headline. Here’s how another story opened:
Very few midsize companies are expected to deploy Linux over the next three years, opting to stick with Microsoft Corp.’s Windows to avoid the high cost of maintaining information technology systems running on two separate platforms, a research firm said Tuesday.
Same facts, different spin.
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