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Microsoft has trotted their old friend "Get The Facts" out again! Back in the 2000s, they ran a very long anti-Linux campaign under the "Get The Facts" banner.
by h2s 14y ago
Microsoft has trotted their old friend "Get The Facts" out again! Back in the 2000s, they ran a very long anti-Linux campaign under the "Get The Facts" banner. Under this program they paid for many dubious "Total Cost of Ownership" studies, all of which found that Microsoft products were cheaper than those based on Linux.
It was a PR disaster for Microsoft as far as the geek community was concerned and they eventually pulled the plug. I can't believe anybody in Redmond actually gave the green light to bring this slogan back. This type of aggression just makes MS look like smug pricks.
- taf2 14y agoThis is probably going to be a bit more effective, email is bit less "geek" centric and far more mainstream. This type of PR/Shit talk looks more like a political campaign, so I imagine it will be very effective in the consumer market.
- martinced 14y agoI think most people don't give a flying frak about Google "reading" their emails. The only people it could be effective again are the ones spending time on HN, /., etc. who value their privacy. Heck, I'm using Google and Google Docs for nearly everything and I don't give a crap about their tiny text ads related to what I write in my emails.