Microsoft Caught Rigging ZD Net Poll

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Microsoft Caught Rigging ZD Net Poll

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday January 9, 2002 @05:20AM from the now-thats-funny-stuff dept.

Dj writes "Microsoft have been found to be rigging a ZDNet poll". Apparently they didn't dig on the idea of .NET losing. Of course as anyone knows, never trust an online poll because this sort of stuff is obviosly happening all the time. I just wonder how many comments posted around the net are posted with the same goals in mind.

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Did Microsoft bother... by Ieshan · 2002-01-09 05:23 · Score: 3, Flamebait

Did Microsoft bother to write a script to do it, or did they just give everyone in the office building a salary increase based on how many times they clicked the mouse on the little button that day? :)
This is important! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-09 05:32 · Score: 0, Flamebait

We need to get this into the mainstream media. The majority of the population does not read ZDNet and even fewer read Slashdot(sorry). But, people, everyday people, need to see what kind of company Microsoft really is.

Does anyone know of a way to get CNN or AP to pick up this story and run with it?
Bugs by brainman · 2002-01-09 05:38 · Score: 0, Flamebait

That's why M$ software is full of bugs, and that's why they will fall in the next 10 years...

They spend most time with stupid things, instead of working on software QUALITY (if such thing is possible in the closed-source world)
Re:Is this terribly different? Well yes. by Erris · 2002-01-09 05:52 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Is this terribly different from what happens when slashdot has a post announcing some poll about linux? I'm sure we've rigged our share in the past. Not that I think Microsoft is right. I'm just trying to give a little perspective and play devil's advocate for a moment.
Slasdot is free. Slashdotings and poll rigging are not paid for here. You are free to think as you will and not have to worry about your boss monitoring your vote. So this is no more a rig than the local newspaper reporting something unfavorable about a candidite in an election. You are free to care about Gary Hart's "Monkey Business", and not care about Bill Clinton's filegate, monicagate, dopegate, murdergate, chickengate, gategate gate gate.
Oh yeah, another thing. The opinions posted here are not always those of Slashdot, VAWhatever, the FSF, Bill Gates, or my grandmother's. Mostly they are our opinions because WE WRITE THEM. Oh, I forgot I was writing an opinion.
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Re:While hardly new... by cHALiTO · 2002-01-09 06:22 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Totally agree.. didnt you think Starscream (sp?) was gay?

cHALiTO

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Re:Meanwhile... by Sj0 · 2002-01-09 07:38 · Score: 0, Flamebait

wow
the moderators really missed the boat on that one
+1 informative?
+1 interesting?

Yes...I finally understand why people think moderators are so crack addled.

Please, moderators, lay off the crack. Next thing you know, you'll be considering GWB 'insightful'. :)

Says the man who lost all his karma when he hit 'submit' :).

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Re:There's a shocker by Stackis · 2002-01-09 08:39 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Who in their right mind reloads/refreshes a page over 200 times?
No wonder M$ software is shitty....their freaking employees are doing nothing but surfing the web...
Get to work!!!!!

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