Repost: NewsForge: Microsoft asks Linux Users, "How Can We Get Your Business?' | Linux Today

Repost: NewsForge: Microsoft asks Linux Users, “How Can We Get Your Business?’

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 23, 2003

“Microsoft has started distributing two online surveys to Linux
User Groups and Linux users in general, one asking primarily about
home computer use, the other about business use. They apparently
don’t plan to release the results of their surveys, so we and other
people in the open source community are asking you to look at them
and post your answers and comments here and on other appropriate
sites where, in open source style, everyone can see them. Read on
for more information and links, and please help spread the word
about these surveys; as far as we know, this is the first time
Microsoft has asked Linux users why we use Linux instead of their
products, and the more results, the merrier…

“We heard about this survey through an email sent to a LUG
mailing list that was passed on to us…”

[Editor’s Note: Due to a database error, the original post
of this story was render inaccessible this morning to Linux Today
users. As a courtesy to readers, this story is being reposted to
the top of the news queue. Unfortunately, all of the original
talkbacks for the story were lost. For that, I apologize, and
invite you to comment again. Thanks, BKP]


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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