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Microsoft Responds to Leaked Memo

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-sort-of-anyway dept.

AbbeyRoad writes "CNN, has a story on Microsoft's response the internal memo previous leaked: "Microsoft believes many of its efforts to market its products against Linux and open source are backfiring, according to a memo posted on the Internet. ... Microsoft declined to comment on the authenticity of the memo, and did not answer when asked if it believes its marketing against Linux and open source has been effective. ... Microsoft spokesman Jon Murchinson said: ''The document in question seems to suggest that the basis for evaluating products has been long-term customer value, and that's something we agree with. I think our marketing is geared toward that issue, toward long-term customer value.'' ""

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  1. Microsoft! by Istealmymusic · · Score: 0, Troll

    Micrsoft?

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  2. Re:Long Term Customer Value, Eh? by fitten · · Score: 0, Troll

    A) I haven't seen a BSOD in around two years. My Windows boxes crash about as often as my Linux boxes.

    B) I haven't called tech support ever. I don't know anyone who has. The closest I've come was filing support incidents on two bugs that I found.

    C) I know how to change the colors of my desktop on both X and Windows. It's quite easy.

    D) I discovered Un*x and clones before I discovered Windows (indeed, before there was such a thing as Windows).

    "Religion - 1. n. The leading cause of war, death and complete idiocy in all of recorded history."

    Yup... especially when things are taken in to be religion when they are tools. I've yet to hear anyone get as up in the air about a 9mm boxed end Craftsman vs. Snap-On wrench.

  3. Re:And... by i_luv_linux · · Score: 0, Troll
    Are you saying that, all those developers working on open source projects are working for "useless updates", afterall you think that the core functionaly do not change radically.

    Your argument is extremely poor. People are not stupid, they all make radical decisions. If someone makes a decision for Microsoft, it is probably more rational than a decision for Linux. Because nobody likes Microsoft and it is more expensive. So it is not true that all those people making decisions are cheated. It is harder to cheat them than you think it is.

    Having said these and finding your arguments more emotional than rational, it is true that buying software from MS has its downfalls, such as being tied to MS technology, the new license terms. But delivering value is not part of those downfalls. MS really deliver better value in most of the cases. In the end, you can not argue against Microsoft on the value base. You have to argue about other points.