Kicking it up a notch: Microsoft's open source message gains subtlety

Posted by dave on Apr 7, 2005 1:30 AM EDT
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VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Barnaby Jeans, an IT Pro Advisor at Microsoft Canada, has a new approach to Microsoft advocacy. In the past, Microsoft executives have been reported as describing GNU/Linux as a cancer or communism. Other reports include warnings that corporate users risk being sued, and that the "Pac-Man-like nature" of its licenses may make interoperability between applications harder. The Get the Facts Web site continues these direct attacks, although with greater detail. However, Jeans has a subtler message for corporate customers. In fact, his message is less in what he says than how he says it.

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Microsoft getting subtle? mdl 1 1,249 Apr 7, 2005 6:04 AM

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