“Microsoft is expanding its ‘Get the Facts’ campaign against
Linux by talking about the reliability of Windows versus Linux
systems, a company executive said on Tuesday, the day the Open
Source Business Conference kicked off in San Francisco.“Get the Facts is a marketing effort by Microsoft that compares
Windows favorably with Linux and other open source software
products. Microsoft launched the campaign in mid-2003 and has
gradually expanded its scope to now include: total cost of
ownership, security, indemnification and, the latest addition,
reliability…”
“Competitors immediately shot back at Microsoft’s tactics.
“‘Red Hat does not rely on funded studies to prove the value of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux,’ spokeswoman Leigh Day said. ‘We rely on
the testament of our customers…'”
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