Losing millions had nothing to do with Win/Linux and a lot to do with bad
business decisions. One such bad decision was not thoroughly checking out
the CEO who it turns out, lied on his resume about his business experience.
Not to say MS is right or to give credence to their case study. Radio Shack
has been bleeding for years because of the decisions to sell crappy, low
level merchandise. There is a market for that type of product but the Kmarts
and Wal-Marts pretty much cornered it.
MD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Yap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "LUAU" <luau@lists.hosef.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 9:32 PM
Subject: [LUAU] RadioShack loses millions of dollars and chose Windows
overLinux
I was checking out some articles on the web today when I noticed a
Microsoft sponsored case study on Linux Today[1].
It caught my eye because it read: RadioShack Saves Millions of Dollars
by Choosing Windows Over Linux[2]
Now, I'm of the opinion that it's not a good idea to choose such a
locked-in vendor specific solution. It basically means you're at the
mercy of the one company. But then again, Microsoft and RadioShack have
been partnering up since at least November 1999[3].
I also read in the newspaper today that RadioShack didn't do too well
4th quarter 2005 and is planning on closing between 400 to 700 of it's
company owned stores and 2 distribution centers in the next 18 months.
Fourth-quarter earnings fell to $49.5 million from $130.9 million a year
ago[4].
This just to hand. Any perceived savings of "millions of dollars by
choosing Windows over Linux" have just been offset by losing millions of
dollars in 4th quarter 2005.
- Julian
LINKS:
1.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2624/588/1600/radioshack_down_drain.png
2.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/facts/casestudies/CaseStudy.aspx?CaseStudyID=17131
3. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/Nov99/RadioShackPR.mspx
4.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060218/BUSINESS08/602180319/1079/BUSINESS
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