Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Tue 8th Sep 2009 21:21 UTC, submitted by wakeupneo
Microsoft 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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RE[4]: For all MS appologists
by Vanders on Wed 9th Sep 2009 01:04 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: For all MS appologists"
Vanders
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2005-07-06

it seems that Microsoft's assertions were presented fairly


Some are, some are not. For example, from the first slide:

Windows Live Essentials (E.g. Messenger, Mail, Photo Gallery) - (Windows) Free Download - (Linux) Not supported


Well, duh. While perfectly technically accurate, it is obviously utterly misleading: any modern Linux distro will include everything and more that a Windows user can get from Windows Live Essentials, get them for free and not even have to download them to boot.

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