Linux pioneer Munich poised to ditch open source and return to Windows

Re:Linux pioneer Munich poised to ditch open source and retu... by nickpsecurity on Saturday February 11, 2017 @11:28PM (#13626734)

Accenture is an unbiased source in this. They will give you the pro's and con's of a number of high-margin products from Microsoft. You'll know which of them is best for you. You will not find them slanted enough to tell you to port your infrastructure to Windows 2012 on dedicated servers over instances of your current 2003 Servers running on Windows 2012 with HyperV. They wouldn't push that over a cost-efficient implementation of your whole business in Azure. They'll let you run your conferences on Surface computers with a Powerpoint just as quickly as Powerpoint on desktops with Windows 10 Enterprise.

Accenture will get you the answers Microsoft needs regardless of your situation. You can count on it.

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Re:Linux pioneer Munich poised to ditch open source and retu... by jackweirdy on Saturday February 11, 2017 @11:49PM (#13626804)

I always got the impression companies like Accenture were brought in to "evaluate the landscape" when the company bringing them in already had an opinion and could use an outsider confirming their opinion.

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Re:Linux pioneer Munich poised to ditch open source and retu... by dajohnson89 on Sunday February 12, 2017 @12:22AM (#13626916)

This is much of what management consulting is all about.

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Re:Linux pioneer Munich poised to ditch open source and retu... by fictioncircle on Saturday February 11, 2017 @11:55PM (#13626820)

You would be correct. Its to CYA and help them look impartial to people who aren't aware of Accenture's bias.

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