- Why is Microsoft Nastier than Linux? - Comments

I suppose there's a balance

garym — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 16:56:38 -0400

There's only two things I'd say in my defense, one that in _this particular case_ the ads were malicious and deserved to be singled out and dragged censoriously into the light, and second that in general it's not a bad idea to gently remind people that web advertising is the only revenue most websites have, and Google's AdSense is really (in general) very reasonable in the matches, so if there's any chance your attention can be diverted for just a moment ...

As they say, "Please support our sponsors ..."

Where is your AdSense?

Wed, 19 May 2004 02:10:00 -0400

Oh, okay now I see your ads, at least they look like Google Ads. Anyway I thought you could get canned for telling people to click your ads? Or did I get the entire context in a miniscule way instead of the magnamoneous effort.

I click

Sun, 16 May 2004 15:11:37 -0400

And make sure your java script is enabled,that way you'll see the ads.A few clicks here and there to help,is such an easy thing to do.

Why is Microsoft Nastier than Linux?

garym — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:07:00 -0400

I am all for free speech and the right of competitors to voice their opinions, no matter how misguided and ignorant they may be, but it boggles my imagination that Microsoft Canada would bid so high on all Linux-related keywords that the following confrontational ad would suddenly appear on almost every page of my site, and almost every time ...

Linux News
Why is Windows cheaper than Linux?
Get all the facts Now! (sic)

There are variations: Sometimes they call their page Open Source News, and the second line changes in grammar but never in message, but it always leads to the same destination, microsoft.ca/getthefacts, a con-job if you've ever seen one. Microsoft is spending more on this ploy than any other advertiser I have ever encountered in my AdSense experience ... so why not let's make them pay for their blunder?