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Microsoft Axes 'Get The Facts'

tom66 writes "Seems like a long time coming, as Microsoft today has axed it's Anti-Linux campaign 'Get the Facts', and Microsoft has replaced it with a new campaign, called 'compare'. This article touches up on why they may have done it, and the criticism surrounding Get the Facts."

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  1. from microsoft: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given that the /compare site will provide 3rd party information, Get the Facts will be retired as a destination." Destination? It's a web page, not a tropical resort.
  2. The original version: by weak* · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft Axes 'Get the Facts,' Announces 'Kill the Penguin' - Will commission Metallica to record a song to be played on the site.

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  3. Re:Out with the old FUD. by ScrewMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was reading a while back that Microsoft does have internal communications problems between the operating system and applications divisions. I mean, sometimes the guys working on Office don't even have all the information on the secret APIs the OS folks come up with.

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    The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
  4. New Focus by rlp · · Score: 5, Funny

    They are no doubt focusing all their PR efforts on their forthcoming new product.

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  5. Windows Powershell by Capricous · · Score: 4, Funny

    because if you use loonix and you want to kill a process you have to use
    ps xu | grep konqueror | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs kill -9

  6. The REAL facts by Cyko_01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    if you want to get the facts from people who know what they are talking about then check wikipedia. this is the ONLY way to get unbiased results. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Windows _and_Linux

  7. Re:Out with the old FUD. by tedrlord · · Score: 4, Funny

    Kickstart + yum pales in comparison the DDD + RIS.

    Wow, I never thought of it that way. Your convincing argument totally changes my mind about everything. I'm never using Linux again!
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  8. Re:Elmer Fud by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is a good thing the Linux mascot is a penguin and not a rabbit, or we would have had Elmer Fud singing 'Kill the Wabbit!' "Be vewwy, vewwy quiet... I'm huntin' pwengins... hwaah haah haah..." [throws a chair]

    Hmmm. It could still work.
  9. Re:it's not advertisement o_O by Random_Goblin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd suggest you check the video for power shell:
    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/compare/vid eos/windowspowershell.wvx
    Any reason why this video is on the Microsoft website?


    You've made a parsing error that's not windows power shell, but Windows Powers Hell, its an advert showing how one of their big clients has seen huge rises in productivity since they shifted the demons from Gentoo to Windows ME

    obviously for this particular client increased productivity == increased suffering, but i understand a lot of companies use the same metric...