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Microsoft To Start Running Anti-Unix Ads
PhreakinPenguin writes: "According to this article on News.com, Microsoft and Unisys are preparing to pay for a slew of ads to 'undermine' Unix with the theme of 'We have the way out.' They are apparently hyping that Unix is an expensive money trap. One ad states, 'No wonder Unix makes you feel boxed in. It ties you to an inflexible system. It requires you to pay for expensive experts. It makes you struggle daily with a server environment that's more complex than ever.' Unisys is apparently putting up $25 million and Microsoft won't say how much they're chipping in but you can bet it's more than Unisys." As the article notes, this comes after floundering attempts to sell (through Dell, Compaq and Hewlett-Packard) the high-end Unisys machines pushed by these ads.
Timothy,
monolinux posted this yesterday.
Please stay more up-to-date with the articles that you post. Thanks.
you're playing with fire when you say IT people aren't real computer scientists ;). flames aside, having been employed in the IT industry for over 5 years, i'd have to say that most IT people are real computer scientists. the information system _users_ on the other hand are not.
it's not typically the computer scientists (IT professionals) who decide a shop is going to be a M$ shop, but rather a middle manager who knows that no one ever got fired for choosing M$. that manager also probably knows that the skills to work in and maintain the M$ environment typically are at a lower rate than that of the skills found in a UNIX shop. (compare a VB developer salary to a UNIX C/C++ engineer, hell, compare a M$ C++ engineer to a UNIX C++ engineer).
as i mentioned else where, unix is about scalibility and flexability. when an information system starts to push a sun box to the limits, there's nearly always a bigger, better sun box one waiting to migrate the system to.
Are u kidding. Your statement was a joke or an attempt at scarcasm isnt it?
* Carthago Delenda Est *
Okay, so...I submitted this story yesterday with twice the linkage, and got shot down. Does SlashDot actually have a standard they adhere to, or do all new submissions go on a dart board?
I was actualy thinking of some anti microsoft slogans... they could be catchy. how about "its true, you dont need to be a genius to use windows, but, maybe you dont need to be a genius to rape the fuck out of it, er. 'hack' it" What if all the nerds got together and started a big donation bin for funding pro unix commercials? non agressive one. We could get the experts from tabacco companies to give example why unix makes you a more healthy person. wheee. maybe ive taken this too far...
The Blade Itself
2002-03-28 21:38:14 Unisys, MSFT to attack Unix with new ads (articles,unix) (rejected)