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Palliser "Our mobile users and remote offices were challenged with ongoing reliability problems with Novell Open Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux.Moving to Windows Server has given our remote workers increased system stability and a better overall user experience."
- Jason Bergeron, IT Director, Palliser Furniture Ltd.

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Capital Engineering "With the Linux-based platform we would have a system crash at least once a week. Migrating to a Microsoft-based system has virtually eliminated server crashes and we have vendor support."
- Ed Castillo, Information Technology Team Lead, Capital Engineering

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London Stock Exchange "No other exchange is undertaking such an ambitious technology refresh programme based on next-generation Microsoft technology. We have always provided a first-class service, but now we can claim to be the fastest in the world as well."
- David Lester, CIO, London Stock Exchange

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Security Innovation Inc "Based on a Security Innovation study comparing reliability and manageability between Microsoft Windows and Linux-based solutions, Linux administrators required 68% more time, on average, to maintain the system while adding new capabilities and performing the version update."

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Wipro Technologies "Linux required 77% more costs in ongoing patch management support than Windows."


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Loki  Management Systems "The Microsoft-based integration story is very attractive to customers because the products all work together virtually seamlessly. In my mind, Linux does not offer a great customer experience."
- Richard Swann, President, Loki Management Systems

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Virtek "Migration from a mixed IT environment to Microsoft Helps Virtek Cut IT Budget by 50 Percent."

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Go Daddy "When we began Web hosting on Windows Server 2003, we expected a big disparity between performance on Windows and Linux. That's the myth. On the measures that are important to us-site density, uptime, responsiveness-we are perfectly comfortable with Windows."
- Michael Chadwick, Vice President of Technology, GoDaddy.com

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Genome Research Institute "One of our scientific programmers had to spend a large portion of his time being 'the Linux guy.' Now he can focus on creating chemistry applications instead of on cluster maintenance."
- Matt Wortman, Genome Research Institute, University of Cincinnati

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Yankee Group "Windows Server provides a reliable environment with centralized administration and management. Duplicating this level of service in a Linux-based environment would have been very difficult."

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