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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: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.
  3. 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?