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Microsoft Segments Linux "Personas"

Posted by kdawson on from the facts-based-dialog dept.

RJ2770 writes "Microsoft has started a project for their partners to help identify the personas of different Linux users in an attempt to sway them toward Microsoft products. In addition to the web site there is a podcast on the market research behind the project, again directed at Microsoft's selling partners."

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  1. First... by Excelcia · · Score: 0, Redundant

    First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.

  2. First they laugh at you... by Gazzonyx · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Ghandi Take a guess what stage we're at...

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    If I mod you up, it doesn't necessarily mean I agree with what you've said, sorry.

  3. Re:Shooting themselves in the foot by cookd · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's the whole problem: OSS zealots know they need more supporters, but they see all non-OSS zealots as evil, even those who are actually quite decent folk. Whether it's beneficail (sic) or not is irrelevant; it's the only way they are able to think.

    Sorry, I'm just kind of thinking that lumping everybody at Microsoft into a single evil entity is pretty lame. Probably about as lame as assuming that everybody who uses Linux is thinks the same way.

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