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Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Ubuntu, Windows at 2:05 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Summary: Advertisements on the term “Ubuntu” market Windows to unsuspecting victims
Microsoft doesn’t get enough of its desktop monopoly; it needs to stomp on its competition too by brand hijacking. Be sure to check out this short post (and screenshot which says it all):
Just following the news feeds, checking out the stories to find out what this new-fangled PlayOnLinux thing is, when I get to the story on unixmen.com and happen to mouse over the keyword ‘Ubuntu.’Oh, and you can’t miss with this marketing. Because you’ve seen one operating system, you’ve seen ‘em all, so of course anybody clicking on ‘Ubuntu’ wouldn’t even notice that they’ve ended up at a completely different company…
What has Microsoft got with which to compete against Ubuntu that it finally describes to its investors as a substantial threat? It will soon have a second attempt at Windows Vista, which is close, but no cigar:
=> ↺ second attempt at Windows Vista | ↺ but no cigar
Editorial: Windows 7 An Experiment In Progressive Arrogance and Stupidity?‘[...]So far so good, however several challenges remain for Microsoft to hurdle: * If it runs on Vista it better damn well run on Windows 7 or a lot of people are going to be very seriously pi**ed! * The hassles with getting Networking to work better be history. * Abject stupidity in the UI still needs to be addressed. What should be obvious and simple remains obscure and often impossible to understand.
Windows as unintuitive? But that’s the myth Microsoft is spreading as a weapon against GNU/Linux at computer chains like Best Buy, Staples, and Office Depot [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. Ah, blasphemy. █
“LH [Longhorn/Vista] is a pig and I don’t see any solution to this problem. If we are to rise to the challenge of Linux…”
–Jim Allchin, Microsoft
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