“Barnaby Jeans, an IT Pro Advisor at Microsoft Canada, has a new
approach to Microsoft advocacy. In the past, Microsoft executives
have been reported as describing GNU/Linux as a cancer or
communism. Other reports include warnings that corporate users risk
being sued, and that the ‘Pac-Man-like nature’ of its licenses may
make interoperability between applications harder. The Get the
Facts Web site continues these direct attacks, although with
greater detail. However, Jeans has a subtler message for corporate
customers. In fact, his message is less in what he says than how he
says it…”
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