Wired: Is MS Preening in Public Posts? | Linux Today

Wired: Is MS Preening in Public Posts?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 5, 1999

Thanks to Sandeep for this link.

“A message posted to a discussion forum on computer-trade site
ZDNet and purporting to be from a former employee, accuses the
company of urging employees to post fake comments supporting the
company’s side in the ongoing Microsoft antitrust trial.”

“A verbal memo [no email allowed] was passed around the MS
campus encouraging MS employee’s to post to ZDNet articles like
this one,”

“But Microsoft is calling the posting a fraud.”

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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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