Chipping Away at Unix in the Data Center
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| The firm predicts that sales of Linux-based machines will grow from $8.6
| billion to $12.2 billion over the same period.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Chipping-Away-at-Unix-in-the-Data-Center-60886.html
Once again, they only talk about Linux which is /sold/. Microsoft, whose
co-founder funds them, does not allow them to gauge real growth of Linux. More
examples are presented below. Microsoft **buys** its propaganda and it knows
it's lying.
Related:
Is Linux really losing market share to Windows? [Microsoft FUD]
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| Should we be ready, as Kent Brockman might put it, to "welcome our new
| Microsoft overlords," or are the IDC Quarterly Server Tracker figures not
| really reflecting the reality of how servers are used in businesses? I, for
| one, think that what IDC is measuring and what server operating systems
| people are really using are two entirely different things.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8060720094.html
Microsoft's Sponsored OOXML Study
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| Today, Microsoft made available an IDC study about so-called open desktop
| file formats. It's yet another Microsoft propaganda effort, as a crucial
| format standards vote approaches.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/business_applications/microsofts_sponsored_ooxml_study.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/2tx9eo
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/07/open_season_seven/
Microsoft upgrades Zune players to challenge Apple iPods
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| "It's a nice evolutionary development to the product line," said Jupiter
| Research analyst Michael Gartenberg.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071003/tc_afp/lifestyleitinternetmusicfilmcompanymicrosoft
>From the Microsoft Shill (and former evangelist), Michael Gartenberg.
http://slated.org/linux_still_doesnt_make_it_on_desktop_is_pure_fud
IDC Study:
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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."
|
| [...]
|
| "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://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09695.pdf
Shill season
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| It's often difficult to figure out the motivation behind a particular
| study - until one finds out who has commissioned and paid for it.
| The so-called tech consulting companies would love it if the consumer
| believes that they have conducted an "independent" study. The worrying
| thing is that not many people blow their cover.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/8109/1090/
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
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| “There’s an interesting article in the April 2007 issue of Harper’s magazine
| about panels, audits, and experts. It is called CTRL-ALT-DECEIT and is from
| evidence in Comes v. Microsoft, a class action suit in Iowa. Here’s a
| paragraph from a document admitted into evidence, called “Generalized
| Evangelism Timeline,” about guerrilla or evangelical marketing:
|
| Working behind the scenes to orchestrate “independent” praise of our
| technology
| is a key evangelism function. “Independent” analysts’ reports should be
| issued, praising your technology and damning the competitors (or ignoring
| them). “Independent consultants should write articles, give conference
| presentations, moderate stacked panels on our behalf, and set themselves up
| as
| experts in the new technology, available for just $200/hour. “Independent”
| academic sources should be cultivated and quoted (and granted research
| money).
|
| They advise cultivating “experts” early and recommending that they not
| publish anything pro-Microsoft, so that they can be viewed as “independent”
| later on,
| when they’re needed. This type of evangelical or guerilla marketing is
| apparently quite common in the high-tech fields, and seems to be used
| liberally by open source developers.
|
| The document admitted into evidence also says, “The key to stacking a panel
| is being able to choose the moderator,” and explains how to find “pliable”
| moderators–those who will sell out.
|
| It is all a big money game. Most activists in any field know of
| countless “hearings,” in which hundreds of citizens would testify before a
| panel, only to be ignored in favor of two or three industry “experts.” When a
| panel is chosen, the outcome seems to be a foregone conclusion. As with
| elections, they don’t leave anything to chance.”
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(a post from a Mark E. Smith about exhibit PX03096 “Evangelism is War” from
Comes v. Microsoft).
Evangelist Gartenberg back to being analyst
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| After only three weeks at Microsoft as an "evangelist," Michael
| Gartenberg is returning to his old job as vice president and
| research director at JupiterResearch.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6165381.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Microsoft Xbox to Join the Battle for Video Downloading
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| Editors' Note: November 10, 2006, Friday An article in Business Day
| on Tuesday described a decision by Microsoft to offer movies and
| episodes of television shows for downloading through its Xbox Live
| online service in the United States.
|
| The article quoted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle
| Group, discussing the features that set Xbox Live service apart
| and its position in the market.
|
| But the article did not note that Mr. Enderle had Microsoft as a client,
| a fact later pointed out by a reader. Mr. Enderle does consulting work
| for several of Microsoft's product groups, though not for the one
| developing the Xbox; still, had The Times known of Mr. Enderle's work
| for Microsoft, it would not have sought out his opinion on the product.
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http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50713F83A5B0C748CDDA80994DE404482
http://tinyurl.com/y3avsv
NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
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| The New York Times continues to perplex with its analyst- quoting
| policy. Rather than having analysts declare their ties to clients,
| the paper would prefer to quote analysts that have no experience
| with a client - a protocol which seems to undermine the very point
| of citing analysts.
|
| The Register this week started pushing the Times to explain its
| quoting stance after noticing that Rob Enderle - the most quoted
| ^^^^^^^^^^^
| technology analyst on the planet - had been blocked from commenting
| on companies with which he has a financial relationship. The ban
| against Enderle appeared odd, given that Times reporters continue
| to cite analysts from larger firms who also have financial
| relationships with the companies discussed.
|
| [...]
|
| As it turns out, there's a cottage industry devoted to Rob
| Enderle, where Linux zealots fire off this form letter to editors
| whenever Enderle appears talking about Microsoft. Perhaps the Linux
| crowd could put its fabled collective mind toward creating letters
| for all the major analysts. Lord knows, the Times could use
| some help.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms_ban/
>From the shill mentioned above:
Buy Vista or die
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| Gartner research vice president Michael Silver said that outfits have delayed
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| their Vista migrations to the point of stupidity and now some are considering
| late 2008 or even 2009, while others mull skipping the OS completely.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/07/vista-die
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