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Microsoft-Funded Linux Studies Benefit ... Microsoft

Posted by timothy on from the well-soopriiiiiise-soooopriiise dept.

mr.big_pig writes "The Seattle PI had a front page article analyzing the Microsoft's Get The Facts website and related ads compairing Windows to Linux. The short and sweet: follow the money and see just how 'independent' is this research. What caught my eye was that this was on the front page and not buried in the business section."

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  1. Must be... by PHPgawd · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...that Slashdot readers are finally sick commenting on stories about Microsoft and SCO... That must be it...

    In other news, recent market studies have a massive decline in the demand for porn on the Internet, and...

  2. Re:Microsoft's new PR war by Larry+David · · Score: 4, Funny

    I agree, although it's often more simple than that. I converted a client to Mozilla Firebird, which they used for a while without incident. Eventually they admitted they'd gone back to IE. Why? Because they preferred the look of the IE icon.

    This is what we're dealing with out there.

  3. Re:Not entirely BS by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yep, J2EE is ridiculously expensive. I mean, just check out these figures...

    JBoss Appserver - Cost: $0.00
    IBM 1.4 JDK for Linux x86 - Cost: $0.00
    Eclipse IDE - Cost: $0.00

    --
    Forget thrust, drag, lift and weight. Airplanes fly because of money.
  4. 52? by Red+Pointy+Tail · · Score: 5, Funny

    Companies "couldn't say, 'Maybe I should just choose Linux because there were 52 Slashdot postings saying that Linux is better,' " he said, referring to a popular Web site for technology news and commentary. "That's really what drove a lot of the emphasis to say, 'Hey, fine, let's really give a set of facts.' "

    Did they miss out the 000,000 somewhere?

  5. Re:Best quote ever... by EmagGeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since Microsoft is paying for the stuff SCO is smoking, I would say yes..