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MS Struggles to Discredit Linux
PrimeNumber writes "The Register has this interesting story about a supposedly "leaked" email from Microsoft Windows division VP Brian Valentine. Although half of it is admittedly suit/rah rah speak, the interesting nuggets mention use of Microsofts "Sun and Linux insiders"."
The whole email is pretty funny actually.
...is the results of these surveys they are conducting. How exactely they are going to argue that MS products are less expensive than running Linux? I guess they will try to gloss over the original software costs and bring up the training and "support" issues (which are vague and hard to quantify, thereby easily manipulated). And of course they will also gloss over security issues.
Oh well.
I know you're a troll, and just waiting for bites, and since I'm in a sporting mood, I'd like for you to send me an e-mail (baberg.at.mps.ohio-state.edu), from your Microsoft account at work, with some kind of obscure message. It doesn't matter what's in the message. I just want to receive a valid message from a microsoft.com account. THEN I will believe you.
Thanks, troll, you gave me a reason to live this afternoon.
*Yawn*. The Netcraft survey is pretty meaningless, as it excludes SSL servers - ie every real ecommerce site extant. Take a look at the SSL numbers and surprise!! Microsoft have twice as much market share as Apache.
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." -- Goethe
I believe it's genuine. but it's not terribly incriminating. I expect nearly every large company gathers intelligence on their competitors. And if they can find willing insiders - that's their competitor's problem.
That said, I'm frankly getting pretty tired of all the posts insisting that Slashdot has degenerated to nothing but MS bashing.
People SHOULD be MS bashing. MS is actively working to take away our freedom (digitally speaking) and it makes me mad as hell. Did anyone read the finding of facts? Does it mean nothing to you that they use their monopoly to stifle competition, starve out competitors and break standards?
It should be telling that the only real competition that MS sees on the horizon is free software. It's the only model that can withstand the onslaught of FUD, standards-breaking, product tie-in's and out-spending that characterizes an MS reaction to competition.
If you think they're just tough competitors, you're naive and I would be happy to compete against you any day.
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