[Am-info] Microsoft Exec Slams Linux 'Noise' in E-Mail to Staff

[Fred Miller]

"Microsoft Corp. is ratcheting up the rhetoric in its battle to contain the 
fallout from dissatisfied customers moving to the open-source Linux operating 
system. 

Earlier this month the Redmond, Wash.-based software company launched a new 
advertising campaign, referred to as "Get the Facts," which is designed to 
give customers information about the advantages of using its Windows 
operating system versus Linux, its open-source competitor. 

Building on that campaign, Orlando Ayala, the senior vice president for 
Microsoft's small and midmarket solutions and partner group, sent an e-mail 
to all his staff late Wednesday night, telling them that "there continues to 
be a great deal of noise in the marketplace about the growth of Linux."

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1455345,00.asp

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