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Install Linux, Void Your Netbook's Warranty?
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| Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) has never been a favorite
| company among Linux fans, and that feeling was
| not improved by the Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT)
| ExpertZone training scandal that erupted last
| September. A whole new crop of reasons to hurl
| insults at the chain came up in recent weeks,
| however, following news of one blogger's
| experience.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Install-Linux-Void-Your-Netbooks-Warranty-69073.html
Recent:
Lawsuit: Best Buy lies
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| A class action lawsuit was filed yesterday
| against Best Buy alleging that its "Price
| Match Guarantee" is a fraud.
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http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-bar-tender/2009/10/lawsuit-best-buy-lies.html
Are you ready to Protest?
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| Contact the people at Best Buy and Office Depot. I mean think about it anyone can sit
| in front of a keyboard and type something that exposes the obvious falsehoods! And what
| will happen? That depends on how many individuals actually choose to participate in
| letting these businesses know that this practice is unacceptable and that you will be
| taking your business elsewhere.
|
| And I will even make it easy for you by providing you with a link to the page that you
| need.
|
| Complain to Office Depot
|
| Complain to Best Buy
|
| And feel free to post your complaint to Best Buy in your comments this will encourage
| more Linux users to get on board and send in a complaint. And pass this on.
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http://linusearch.com/wordpress/?p=455
Microsoft FUD An Unfired Gun In Austin
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| The salesperson could no longer take it and approached
| us with a smile. He asked Staci if she needed any
| further help in making a choice. I believe it was the
| laptop opened for ten minutes with her full attention
| that got the best of him.
|
| "Do any of these come with Linux". Her question was
| direct and without malice...she glanced over at me just
| for a milisecond after doing so.
|
| "Um...no, we don't carry Linux products here. I'm
| sorry."
|
| No "Windows pitch"....no "comparisons..."
|
| Just no.
|
| So...
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http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/09/microsoft-fud-unfired-gun-in-austin.html
Software Freedom Day at Best Buy
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| Hello and welcome. Microsoft has begun to train Best Buy associates on the
| virtues of Windows 7 over GNU/Linux for netbooks.
|
| Since Software Freedom Day is on September 19th, 2009(2 weeks away), Best
| Buy seems like a great place to hand out CDs and flyers encouraging people
| to try GNU/Linux on their laptops and desktops before they buy. In the
| coming days, we'll be putting up resources to help you at your local Best
| Buy to make this project a huge success!
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http://trygnulinux.com/sfd09/wiki/doku.php
Does Microsoft Deliver Anti-Linux Rhetoric to Best Buy Workers
http://ostatic.com/blog/does-microsoft-deliver-anti-linux-rhetoric-to-
best-buy-workers
Microsoft tells US retailers Linux is rubbish
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| One booklet shared with our Office Depot salesman includes a page that
| looks like this...
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/09/ms_linux_pitch/
Microsoft bribes Best Buy staff to slam Mac and Linux
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1532852/microsoft-bribes-best-buy-staff-slam-mac-linux
Microsoft Targets Linux (and Macs) with Latest Chart-Based Propaganda
http://lifehacker.com/5355556/microsoft-targets-linux-and-macs-with-latest-chart+based-propaganda
Microsoft's latest Linux lies
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| "If you can't beat 'em, cheat" has long been Microsoft's philosophy,
| which has lead to the Department of Justice and the European Union
| swatting them with restrictions and hundreds of millions of dollars in
| fines over the years. But that hasn't stopped them. In our latest
| example, an anonymous blogger who goes by GodofGrunts at OverClock.net,
| a site for people who want the fastest possible PCs, reports on his
| Microsoft ExpertZone training at Best Buy. What he 'learned' from
| Microsoft isn't 'exactly' true.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft also claims you can't use video chat on desktop Linux. Yet I
| use Ekiga and Skype for video chat on Linux all the time.
|
| Then there are the "Get the FUD" â er, "Get the Facts Straight" slides,
| which serve as a reminder that Microsoft's Get the Facts anti-Linux
| campaign (2004-2007) actually lives on.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/14687/microsofts_latest_linux_lies
Microsoft internal slideshow for retailers targets Linux
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/09/07/microsoft-internal-slideshow-for-retailers-targets-linux
Microsoft mis-educates Best Buy on Linux
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10346669-62.html
Microsoft Instructs Best Buy Employees on How to Trash Linux
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| It goes on to list tables with "Camera, iPod, and MP3 compatibility"
| and "Printers and scanners compatibility" being described as "many" for
| Windows and "few" for Linux. It also lists an ambiguous "Authorized
| Support" which it claims Linux is lacking, ignoring the fact that many
| Linux distributions do have support teams. It also mentions that Linux
| users can't play games like "World of Warcraft", which Windows users
| can. Ironically, Linux users can in fact use WoW within the free WINE.
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http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+Instructs+Best+Buy+Employees+on+How+to+Trash+Linux/article16195.htm
Microsoft teaches Best Buy employees how to troll Linux users
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| Microsoft training material for Best Buy employeesâwhich not only makes
| Linux look bad, but is also full of inaccuraciesâhas leaked to the Web.
| Screenshots and commentary inside.
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/microsoft-teaches-best-buy-employees-how-to-troll-linux-users.ars
Microsoft helps Best Buy employees troll Mac users, too
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| We've got our hands on Microsoft training material for Best Buy
| employees. It not only makes Macs look bad, but is also full of
| inaccuracies. Screenshots and commentary inside.
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/microsoft-helps-best-buy-employees-troll-mac-users-too.ars?utm_source=microblogging&utm_medium=arstch&utm_term=One MicrosoftWay&utm_campaign=microblogging
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