Getting People to Say Nice Things About Microsoft
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| First, it was bloggers; now Microsoft is hiring Wikipedia writers to
| set its stories straight on the popular online encylopedia. How
| dumb does Microsoft think we are?
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2086784,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
At least /some/ (not all!) of the people who advocate Windows in this
newsgroup are certainly being rewarded by Microsoft. Those who are not being
paid (yet) are just suckers.
Related:
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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 wont
| he operating-system war through fifth-column tactics"
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http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/gizmos/2005/11/2_grassroots_an.html
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