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Microsoft campaign targets Linux reliability







Microsoft campaign targets Linux
reliability

Microsoft campaign targets Linux
reliability
04/06/2005 08:52 AM

Microsoft is expanding its anti-Linux "Get the Facts" campaign by targeting the issue of reliability, a company executive said at the on Tuesday, the day the Open Source Business Conference kicked off in San Francisco. Get the Facts is a marketing effort by Microsoft that compares Windows favourably with Linux and other open source software products. Microsoft launched the campaign in mid-2003 and has gradually expanded its scope to include issues including total cost of ownership, security, indemnification and, the latest addition, reliability.




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