Conclusion
Windows is a comprehensive platform, not just an operating system, which will continue to evolve as it has since 1990. Windows offers many useful features that increase productivity in the IT environment and to users on the desktop, giving corporations the agility they need to operate efficiently and effectively. Windows integrates well with other systems, including UNIX, as well as with other Microsoft products and offers an abundance of choices in business applications. Windows supports key scenarios out of the box, enabling rapid time to market with fewer services and less customization required. Emerging quantitative data indicate that Windows offers lower TCO in many situations. All of these features together provide greater value than Linux.
Partnering with Microsoft has value over the long term. Microsoft is a stable business that offers a network of support through its affiliates and partners, and educational support for IT. Vendor accountability and responsibility are important to the continued improvement of the product in areas such as security, performance, reliability, ease of use, and manageability.
Microsoft’s business model is to invest heavily in innovation and rigorous engineering processes to create the best business platform possible, offer it at a reasonable price, and surround it with an ecosystem of high quality applications, services, and training choices. Microsoft believes that Windows provides customers with a safe investment that will grow with them in the future.
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