Comments on: A kinder, gentler Microsoft?

Microsoft has dropped its "Get the Facts" Web site, but the replacement isn't much better.

[reya276]

WOW so now is "A kinder, gentler Microsoft?"

Matt are they really paying you that much to write this nonsense; I mean come on you know that everything on that site is a lie and you know that all they are doing is spreading more FUD so why do you keep putting yourself out there, is it because you want attention. Also the whole issue with the OSI, why would you want them to grant M$ a license, do you know the damage that would do to ODF, OSI and the FOSS or you are no longer a true open source guy. Yes I agree bills need to be paid god only knows but not like this Matt you are wrong.

[tristanbob]

Did you read the article?

reya276,

I have no idea why you are giving Matt a hard time; did you even read this article? He is letting us know about another effort by Microsoft to spread FUD to consumers. Consider these tidbits:

"Get the [wrong] Facts"
"What better way to get neutral, third-party information than from...Microsoft's site?"
"Open source offers a better way."
"As it is, it's too biased to be credible at all as a good starting point."

[Matt Asay]

I think only Tristan actually read the post

@reya: Tristan is right. You can't possibly have read my post. If Microsoft were paying me to write anti-Microsoft posts, that's money I'd happily take, as it wouldn't affect my ethics to get paid to write what I feel, which is usually not very supportive of Microsoft.

[mondegreen]

"Bathed in warm glue..."

is one heck of a nice turn of phrase.