Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Tue 8th Sep 2009 21:21 UTC, submitted by wakeupneo
According to a leak from a BestBuy employee, Microsoft is initiating a sort of "Anti-Linux Training" course for the employees, and those who take part in the said training are rewarded with a copy of Windows 7 for only ten dollars. The leaked screenshots of the campaign show Microsoft's comparison of its own system with an obscure "Linux" and how Windows is better in every way including security, "free downloads", and software and hardware compatibility.
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I simply assume that most people take for granted that Best Buy employees are blithering idiots when it comes to anything technical. Most of them are kids making (slightly above) minimum wage and couldn't care less about we customers. I can't count the number of times I was given patently untrue information or mis-advice by an allegedly knowledgeable sales person. I think it's rather fun to play dumb and see what idiotic nonsense a Best Buy sales person will dole out. I'm sure these are well-meaning employees who receive this bullshit training and take it as fact. Unfortunately, the mainstream public will probably eat it up hook, line and sinker and that's to the detriment of Linux.