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Linux-Watch: Weather Alert: New Microsoft FUD Storm Expected

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Feb 7, 2007

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“In recent weeks, Microsoft seems to have gone out of its way to
put Linux down, while boosting Linux. First, there was the bribetop
scandal; then, the Wikipedia ‘correction’ affair. Now, the company
is up to one of its oldest tricks: playing games with analyst
reports.

“This time around, Sunbelt Software is working with the Yankee
Group, a research company with a poor reputation in Linux circles,
to produce its ‘yearly major survey comparing Windows to Linux.’
Here we go again…”

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SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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