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[News] Microsoft's Latest "Get the Facts" FUD Holds No Water

Microsoft arguments against Linux are bollocks

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| Mind you, the bad experience was dubious; in essence a Windows shop acquired 
| a smaller company which ran Linux. By rolling out their existing standard 
| operating platform they cut costs. Really, the operating system used was 
| irrelevant; it’s a no brainer that you will gain efficiency and reduce costs 
| by having a standard platform over all your sites.    
| 
| In the end, to my mind, the solution implemented did not meet the high goals 
| the company had in mind. Disappointingly, it’s most likely budget constraints 
| were the cause – and if an open source solution had been chosen there could 
| have been more bang for buck.   
| 
| It was a very weak case study. Perhaps it had merits if it were touted 
| as “Microsoft designs solution for Video Ezy” but it was not; it was pitched 
| as a direct battle between the two operating systems, with Microsoft winning. 
| This just was not the case.   
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17883/1141/

"One person in Helsinki can quickly write the core of a sophisticated operating
system."

                                        --John Warden, lead attorney Microsoft


Recent:

A case study: Video Ezy and Microsoft myths about open source lead to flawed
network

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| A pity; if they’d gone with Linux they could have had the idea central 
| administration without the worry of full-blown server operating system 
| licenses throughout. If only they hadn’t relied on an anecdote that 
| said, “This one time, at a place I used to work ....”   
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17764/1143/


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."
|
| [...]
|
| "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


Reviewing a Microsoft anti-Linux case study

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| The answer is that neither Linux nor Solaris nor any other Unix variant is 
| mentioned in this report; Microsoft simply hung an anti-Linux label on a 
| very carefully worded story about a pair of committed Microsoft partners, 
| HP and Accenture, getting together with Microsoft to sell rather simple 
| technology to a willing customer - whose employers, I think, should be 
| seriously embarrassed.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/index.php?p=739


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


A Pre-BRM Miscellany

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| Google searches for "ODF" and "OpenDocument" or even "noooxml" are now 
| returning sponsored links with phrases like "Learn the truth about the 
| standard for interoperability" that lead you to a pro-OOXML petition on 
| Microsoft's faux OOXML community site. For example, try this query.   
| 
| Let's see if I understand how this pay-per-click system works. Every time I 
| click these sponsored links, money gets transferred out of some pro-OOXML 
| supporter's bank account and is sent to Google? These seems the expensive 
| route to go, but there is some logic to it. A look at Google Trends shows 
| that Google queries for "ODF" far outnumber queries for "OOXML".    
| 
| On the other side, at the real <NO>OOXML petition, the count stands at 82,422 
| signatures. Apparently they did not need to trick people into visiting their 
| web site.  
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/02/pre-brm-miscellany.html

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