Microsoft Reprimanded for Misleading Linux Ad
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The United Kingdom's advertising watchdog group, the Advertising Standards Association, has found that complaints lodged against a Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) magazine ad that stated that Linux was more expensive than Windows were valid.
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Microsoft apparently yanks promos that peddled 'security fix' through misleading threats.
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Supporters of the free PC operating  system Linux are preparing to counter a recent Microsoft Corp.   deal which established for the first time the  principle of paying the software giant to use Linux.
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TechWeb - Microsoft's heavy-handed approach is sure to drive users of illegitimate versions of Windows to Linux, IDC said in its top 10 infrastructure software predictions for 2007.
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Consulting firm reports that about 40 percent of Linux PCs will be modified to run an illegal copy of Windows.
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Microsoft is pointing to a server error that caused a weekend snafu in which legitimate customers were accused of stealing software. Thousands of legit copies of Windows XP and Vista were identified by Microsoft&#39;s Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation system as pirated.
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Microsoft's attempt to win over new users with a cut-down edition of Windows comes in for strong criticism.
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Developers forum looks at Linux for the disabled. Also: Microsoft chided for ad campaign.
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UK technology agency Becta lodges an official complaint over Microsoft's school licensing agreements.
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Microsoft last week faced accusations of short-changing its Software Assurance customers following its decision to strip core features from the next major Windows client operating system, codenamed Longhorn.
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E-mail message falsely claims that tool detects, cleans up adult-related material on your PC.
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Microsoft is using a subscription-based service to combat Linux in developing markets.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft has replaced its controversial anti-LinuxÂ "Get the Facts" Web siteÂ with a kinder, gentler site explaining how its Windows Server operating system compares to open-source Linux as well as other competitive OSes. The new WindowsServer/Compare Web site provides information about how Windows Server stacks up in total cost of ownership, reliability, security, manageability and interoperability with Linux, Unix, and IBM's mainframe architecture. Microsoft has posted customer information, feedback from industry experts, white papers and resources about the capabilities of Windows Server on the site. It also offers information for developers building applications on Windows Server. Microsoft said the new site is an evolution of its Get the Facts campaign, launched in mid-2003 and seen by many as a direct slam against Linux and open source. The campaign compared Windows Server favorably against Linux and other technologies in terms of some of the same factors handled on the Compare site. Get the Facts was panned by Linux proponents. Their ire in part may have been due to the outspoken swagger of then Microsoft rising star Martin Taylor who led the campaign. After 13 years at Microsoft,Â Taylor abruptly left the companyÂ in June 2006 and no explanation was given for his departure. Since Taylor's departure, Microsoft has appeared on one hand to be more friendly toward Linux and open source while on the other continuing to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt about those technologies, according to the open-source camp. Linux proponents gained fuel for their side when Microsoft executives earlier this year made bold claims thatÂ Linux and other open-source software violate more than 230 of Microsoft's patents. At the same time, Microsoft has put formerÂ IBM Linux executive Bill HilfÂ front and center stage as its open-source advocate. The vendor also recently launched a new open-source Web page that explains how the company views its relationship with the open-source community. Â
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Microsoft claims Red Register is illegally profiting from Microsoft's trademarks.
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Microsoft&#39;s aggressive defense of its intellectual property, which includes claims that Linux violates a number of its patents, is nothing more than &quot;a marketing thing,&quot; according to Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel.
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David Daoud ran into trouble when he  started using Vista, the new version of Windows that Microsoft  Corp. and PC makers have spent millions of dollars advertising  since it came out six months ago.
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The British watchdog agency charged with monitoring fairness and accuracy in advertising has ordered Microsoft to pull print ads comparing the total cost of ownership of Linux and Windows.