Comments on: Microsoft Takes Experiments with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 a Little Further http://techrights.org/2008/06/16/sles-dual-boot-windows/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/06/16/sles-dual-boot-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-12842 Roy Schestowitz Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:54:16 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/16/sles-dual-boot-windows/#comment-12842 That would be predictable under some circumstances. Microsoft is at the moment being caught 'bribing' for companies to adopt Silverlight and then pretending, using bogus figures, that the use of Silverlight is growing fast. Also consider <a href="http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=15108" title="Open Source Fights Back" rel="nofollow">this older story</a>: <blockquote cite="http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=15108"> Question: The OpenSourceParking.com announcement cites a Netcraft report, which found that GoDaddy.com's migration from Linux to Windows caused Apache to lose server share. Was this event the sole impetus for OpenSourceParking.com? [Bruce] Perens: Not the first. It's part of a continuing behavior pattern by Microsoft that I think it's fair to call "dirty fighting." GoDaddy was using Apache (I assume on Linux) because it was a great technical solution. They didn't switch to IIS on Windows Server 2003 for any technical reason. The switch was accompanied by a press release by GoDaddy, containing Microsoft promotional language. Now, I've changed many servers from one thing to another, but I've never made a press release about it. GoDaddy wouldn't be doing that unless Microsoft had offered them something valuable in return. There has been talk in the domain business that Microsoft has been offering the large domain registries a wad of cash to switch their parked sites. There is no other reason to do this than to influence the Netcraft figures. </blockquote> That would be predictable under some circumstances. Microsoft is at the moment being caught ‘bribing’ for companies to adopt Silverlight and then pretending, using bogus figures, that the use of Silverlight is growing fast. Also consider this older story:

Question: The OpenSourceParking.com announcement cites a Netcraft report, which found that GoDaddy.com’s migration from Linux to Windows caused Apache to lose server share. Was this event the sole impetus for OpenSourceParking.com?

[Bruce] Perens: Not the first. It’s part of a continuing behavior pattern by Microsoft that I think it’s fair to call “dirty fighting.” GoDaddy was using Apache (I assume on Linux) because it was a great technical solution. They didn’t switch to IIS on Windows Server 2003 for any technical reason. The switch was accompanied by a press release by GoDaddy, containing Microsoft promotional language. Now, I’ve changed many servers from one thing to another, but I’ve never made a press release about it. GoDaddy wouldn’t be doing that unless Microsoft had offered them something valuable in return. There has been talk in the domain business that Microsoft has been offering the large domain registries a wad of cash to switch their parked sites. There is no other reason to do this than to influence the Netcraft figures.

]]> By: Michael http://techrights.org/2008/06/16/sles-dual-boot-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-12841 Michael Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:16:40 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/16/sles-dual-boot-windows/#comment-12841 Wow, what a stupid idea! Then again, it's just marketing. My bet it was sponsored by MS in the hope of getting windows in the top-50 list (from what I can tell, windows' highest is 106 in the current top 500). Wow, what a stupid idea! Then again, it’s just marketing.

My bet it was sponsored by MS in the hope of getting windows in the top-50 list (from what I can tell, windows’ highest is 106 in the current top 500).

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