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Microsoft Axes 'Get The Facts'

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the fanning-the-flames dept.

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. What Linux!? by R55 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Compare Windows to Linux"
    Even in the earlier campaign they just refer to "Linux" in the print advertisements and they never specify which version of softwares on which version of distribution that they have compared (Once they had compared Redhat Linux 7.1 with Windows XP!).
    It is time that responsible people from Linux Mark Institute take a note of this and sue them for libel!

    1. Re:What Linux!? by quanticle · · Score: 4, Interesting

      It seems to be a broad spectrum attack against many different Linux vendors, with most of the emphasis on attacking Red Hat Enterprise Linux. I did find some case studies highlighting people switching away from SuSE, something that I find interesting considering that Novell/SuSE is now a Microsoft partner.

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