__/ [ Brett Ryan ] on Tuesday 26 September 2006 14:27 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> A new Microsoft-commissioned anti-Linux study debuts
>>
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>> | Microsoft seemingly has backed off from trumpeting its "Get the
>> | Facts" studies, as of late. But that doesn't mean the company has
>> | ceased commissioning research outfits to perform its anti-Linux dirty
>> | work.
>> |
>> | On September 25, Mercer Management Consulting released a new
>> | Microsoft-backed study. The study is entitled "Driving Lower TCO and
>> | Rapid ROI through UNIX Migrations." The synopsis: "Microsoft Windows
>> | the preferred choice for UNIX migration when IT organizations migrate
>> | servers as part of a focused effort to improve business processes,
>> | deploy critical applications or restructure their IT architecture."
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>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/index.php?p=12
>>
>> So here's a wealthy company that can afford to run biased 'studies' whose
>> outcomes suit its agenda. Another very recent example:
>>
>> IDC pronounces Linux unimportant to European economy (in
>> Microsoft-commissioned study)
>>
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>> | A recent IDC white paper on the economic impact of Microsoft's super
>> | soaraway new Vista operating system seems to be lacking one crucial
>> | ingredient -- other operating systems.
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>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34542
>>
>> Killing two bird with one stone: EU Commission and Open Source/Linux.
>
>
> Well, What do you expect here? This is Microsoft that we are talking
> about. When you can't write software worth a dam, full of holes,
> unreliable, unpredictable, and forced down an OEM's throat via illegal
> pre-load deals and bullying via a rather large legal department you
> create a rather unmaintainable position. Now as MS's position is
> getting weaker and weaker as each month goes by MS is having to get more
> aggressive, with the FUD, the lawsuits, and the outright lies.
>
> Now here I am. Been in computers since 1983, and seen quite a bit. Gone
> from CP/M, MS-DOS, PC-DOS, Win-3.11, OS/2, Win-XP, and now Xandros
> Linux. So many migrations of my data from so many systems. I must say
> out of all the operating systems that OS/2 was fantastic, and I view
> Linux as equally fantastic with endless possabalities on the horizon.
I loathe it when a company (or political party) stoops down to brainwash
(advertisement onslaught) as method for beating the rivals. What's worse is
propaganda whose focus is bashing of the opposition. And here we talk about
formal 'studies' rather than on-line forums...
Disturbing video evidence:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fj3FOHc-fgA
March this year. That's around the time when Vista reached a state of feature
freeze...
Some other noteworthy nugget (since you mentinoed OS/2):
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| "Some years back, Microsoft practiced a lot of dirty tricks using
| online mavens to go into forums and create Web sites extolling the virtues
| of Windows over OS/2. They were dubbed the Microsoft Munchkins, and it
| was obvious who they were and what they were up to. But their numbers
| and energy (and they way they joined forces with nonaligned dummies who
| liked to pile on) proved too much for IBM marketers, and Windows won
| the operating-system war through fifth-column tactics"
|
| Mr Dvorak wonders if Microsoft is today using reverse-dirty-tricks
| to promote the Xbox 360: pay people to create Web sites that slam the
| gaming computer in order to provoke a barrage of defenders.
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http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/gizmos/2005/11/2_grassroots_an.html
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