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Microsoft Found Guilty of Misleading Advertising
gtoomey writes "The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints that Microsoft misled consumers by running advertisements claiming Linux is 10 times more expensive than Windows. The print advertisements used "independent research" to compare the cost of Linux on an expensive mainframe to Windows on a PC."
About time they (standards council) did something useful with tax payers money.
Think we'll see those Windows vs. Linux banner adds on ./ anymore?
Remind me, is #10 still trying to get rid of Double Jeorpady and are they still have their lawyers argue that those that defend their homes are threats to robbers and should not be given probation because they might hurt someone breaking into their home?
Linux runs on a PC and an expensive mainframe? Wow, sounds pretty flexible to me. I mean, if I were looking for an OS to bet my company on, which would I choose, one that runs only on PCs or one that runs on PCs, mid range computers, high end clusters and mainframes? Wait, do I even have to ask? Sheesh!
Team Rusty Nuts
You can't rush procrastination!
This is the 4th or so Microsoft article posted in the past 12 hours. Isn't there any cool Linux news other than its birthday? I know OSTG's employees are desperate to bash competitors using a "tech news" site it happens to own, but this is just overkill. I'm bored when I load the front page, and it's "Microsoft Is Evil," "Microsoft Does Something Stupid Again," "More Made-Up Microsoft Woes For You To Laugh At," and "Linux's 13th Birthday!"
Just my opinion...feel free to disagree.
...Slashdot is a Microsoft news portal? My point was that I thought this place was a Linux tech news site. In the past two years, it's been little more than a Microsoft-bash site, complete with false headlines and stories.