InformationWeek: Microsoft Exec Wanted To Mask Linux Report Sponsorship, E-Mails Reveal

"Microsoft executives pondered whether to remove the company's name from a 2002 report done by research firm IDC that touted Windows total cost of ownership over Linux, according to e-mail messages entered into evidence in an Iowa antitrust case.

"The report, which IDC released in December 2002 and was plugged by Microsoft in its then-new 'Get the Facts' publicity campaign against Linux, compared total cost of ownership of Windows 2000 and Linux server software. The IDC study, which was identified as Microsoft sponsored when it debuted, claimed that Windows 2000 offered a lower TCO in four of five enterprise scenarios..."

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