__/ [ encyclopedia ] on Wednesday 02 May 2007 05:31 \__
> Well, you probably know by now that Microsoft hires tons of people to
> post online and complain about PS3 in online forums and blog comments
> and news followup comments.
This was observed about 2 years ago.
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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"
|
| 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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