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Microsoft still fails at advertising
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| You simply can't advertise in the computer market based on price alone. It
| just doesn't make sense. By following Microsoft's own logic, instead of
| purchasing a PC with a Microsoft Windows operating system that'll cost you,
| at the very least, around a hundred bucks, you'd opt for a free operating
| system, like Ubuntu - a GNU/Linux distribution that some mainstream
| manufacturers offer as an alternative to Windows.
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| Why stop there? Instead of paying hundreds of dollars for Microsoft Office,
| just give Open Office a download. It's free of charge and most users would
| never be worried by the small differences. It even reads and creates
| Microsoft Office files.
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http://tigerweekly.com/article/04-22-2009/11016
Recent:
Dell’s New Ads Minimize Ubuntu
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| The bottom half was dedicated to the Ubuntu version. Shown in a smaller,
| less eye catching ad than usual. What really caught my eye was some larger
| text (14 pt.) in the upper right-hand corner of the Ubuntu section. It said:
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| “Dell recommends Windows Vista Home Premium.”
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| Real smooth, Dell. Once again, Dell shows it’s weak side when advertising
| another product, with another form of software installed other than Microsoft
| Windows. It’s strange really. Both models were described as “new” in the
| advertisement, but the Ubuntu version gets treated like a second-class
| citizen. I am glad that Dell is selling Ubuntu machines, but sometimes the
| whole “we recommend this…” line gets a little old, especially when plastered
| not in the appropriate section, but in the section advertising an Ubuntu
| product.
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http://jonreagan.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/dells-new-ads-minimize-ubuntu/
Dell is being paid to post these lies.
http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/01/leaked-oem-vista-ad-incentives/
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