Is Microsoft 'Correcting' Blogs on Open XML?
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2007-01-23 18:04:15 UTC
- Modified: 2007-01-23 18:04:15 UTC
Originally, this observation was merely
a comment of mine. Later I decided it was worth pointing out in a new blog item.
Yesterday we mentioned a report about
Microsoft's money incentive for changing Wikipedia. More specifically, Microsoft sought to 'embelllish' technical details about OpenXML by contacting a field expert. Only a day later, Boycott Novell received a comment 'correcting' information about OpenXML.
See this for yourselves. There is precedence here as well, namely promotion of Microsoft products in blog comments:
MSN Is Spamming The Blogosphere
Mr. Youth LLC is a marketing firm and lists MSN as a customer. Their website is here: http://www.mryouth.com/ Their phone number is (212) 779-8700.
I've talked to a couple of other bloggers who said they are receiving similar comments on their blogs. This pisses me off because MSN/Mr. Youth should 1) be more upfront about their true identity, and 2) provide a real e-mail address so that I can request they take my blog off their marketing campaign.
Comments
anonymous
2007-01-23 21:51:29
http://www.scott-o-rama.com/2006/12/06/msn-is-spamming-the-blogosphere/
It would be great if you guys could dig it up. My google search and attempt at www.archive.org failed.
Roy Schestowitz
2007-01-23 23:52:22
Let me find a related example...
Microsoft Traps and Hunts for Bloggers in India !!
It is not quite the same thing, but it is similar.