Microsoft's 'Get The Facts' Linux Site Replaced
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| Microsoft has decided to axe its "Get The Facts" site, instead replacing it
| with a less corrosive "Compare" page that compares Windows and Linux in a
| less confrontational way.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsofts_Get_The_Facts_Linux_Site_Replaced/1187900795#c945286
Related:
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| "(Microsoft manager:) I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on TCO on webservers. I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on availability (windows was down more than linux). And I don't like the
| fact that the reports says nothing new is coming with windows .net server."
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| [...]
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| "I don't like it to be public on the doc that we sponsored it because I
| don't think the outcome is as favorable as we had hoped. I just don't like
| competitors using it as ammo against us. It is easier if it doesn't mention
| that we sponsored it."
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http://slated.antitrust.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09695.pdf
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