Novell has begun a new element of a years-long effort to coax people away from Windows and toward Linux. It unveiled a Web site Friday that touts purported advantages that Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 has over Windows Vista. The site includes a white paper making the case, a variety of customers who have opted to use the software, and a video arguing that SLED has good usability and a built-in office suite but not Windows' lock-in and high licensing costs.
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Member since:2006-04-19
I think so. In the US, advertisement is a bit different to european ads. There, you are allowed to say "Coke sucks and tastes like kaka, better drink Pepsi". In many european countries, this type of advertising is not allowed by law.
As both MS and Novell are US based, they are allowed to start such campaigns in the US. I don't see a problem there.
Member since:2006-10-11
arctic: In the US, advertisement is a bit different to european ads. There, you are allowed to say "Coke sucks and tastes like kaka, better drink Pepsi". In many european countries, this type of advertising is not allowed by law.
This has been changed by EU law since the year 2000. Considering the reprimands for not enacting EU law within a grace period of 5 years, i would say all old members of the EU have implemented this by now. Still, there are some limits to comparisons allowed -- mainly along the lines of good taste and manners -- so there probably are some diversions.
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2006-09-30
allow them to say why windows is bad ?