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Microsoft's Magical 'Myth-Busting' Tour

Posted by michael on from the drive-offensively dept.

Mz6 writes "Microsoft has launched its 'Get the Facts' road show -- the tech equivalent of a political battle bus -- to tour the country and convince the wavering that Redmond is as at least cheap and as secure as its open-source rival and to spread the word that Windows is better than Linux. Nick McGrath, Microsoft's head of platform strategy, described the campaign as 'a reality check we're bringing out', aiming to tackle the 'myths' surrounding Linux. Microsoft's road show will be in Edinburgh on June 17, Manchester on June 29 and Newport on July 7."

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  1. Re:Favorite part from website by jb.hl.com · · Score: 0, Troll

    Uh, fool. What about MS's closed source Word viewer, which is free? Or even Wordpad?

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  2. Re:Now we all know.... by jwcorder · · Score: 0, Troll
    I never said they would pull the plug, and I also realize that Bill Gates could take a good dump and lose more then the fine. I am just saying, as a point, being that MS is a US based company, I would say "ok, you know what EU, we are a monopoly, we did use shitty tactics, we are the DEVIL...so to hell with selling our product to anyone that uses the metric system."

    I don't by any means expect this to happen, but I think it would make for an interesting lunch topic. Hell from the earlier stories, it probably wouldn't hurt the profit margin that much because it seems that most people outside the US just steal it anyway.

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  3. Re:Elmer FUD... by Omega · · Score: 0, Troll
    The GPL isn't viral. At least not any more than any other software license. It simply states that if you link your code to GPL'd code and distribute your new program, your code must be licensed under the GPL as well. Contrast that to Microsoft's EULA for their Mobile Internet Toolkit code which prohibits you from combining their code with ANY open source code, regardless of license. Forget the distribution clause, Microsoft's code can't even be combined with open source code in house.

    But when it comes to Linux and free software, Microsoft wants you to think that if you even look at GPL'd code then your whole company could be "infected." And forget about downloading open source programs -- once their in, you might as well file chapter 11.

    It's complete and total bullshit. "Bust the Linux Myths" indeed.